Pescatoria pulvinaris is found in Antioquia Colombia. It grows epiphytic on trees at an altitude of 1200 to 2000 meters above sea level...
Pescatoria pulvinaris also called as The Cushion-Like Pescatoria, Bollea pulvinaris, Zygopetalum pulvinare, is a species of the genus Pescatoria. This species was described by Robert Louis Dressler in 2005.
IDENTIFY PESCATORIA PULVINARIS
Pescatoria pulvinaris is found in Antioquia Colombia. It grows epiphytic on trees at an altitude of 1200 to 2000 meters above sea level.
It is a medium sized, cool growing epiphyte which does not have pseudobulbs, but of sockets connecting leaves to a bundle. One rosette has 6-10 leaves, connected by a common very short rhizome. The leaves are lanceolate, with rounded tips, measuring up to 60 cm long and 3-4 cm wide. Peduncles straight, appear from the sinuses between the leaves (usually one by one), reach a length of 10-15 cm.
The Cushion-Like Pescatoria blooms in spring with purple flowers, the tips are paler, about 10 cm in diameter. Sepals are elongate-oval in shape, with pointed tips, wavy at the edge, 4 cm in length and 3 cm in width. Petals are elongated-oval, with rounded tips, along the edge are also wavy, size 3, 8 cm long and 2.5 cm wide. Lip ovate, with pointed, curved down tip, has in the middle dentate growths (9-12 denticles), measuring 2.1 cm long and 4 cm wide. The column is slightly curved.
PESCATORIA PULVINARIS CARE AND CULTURE
Cultural information should only be used as a guide, and should be to be adapted to suit you. Your physical location; where you grow your plants, how much time you have to devote to their care, and many other factors, will need to be taken into account. Only then can you decide on the cultural methods that best suit you and your plants.
Light:
Pescatoria pulvinaris can grow in bright scattered light. It does not like too dark place (here the orchid simply will not blossom), and too much light (the leaves can burn). If the western or southern windows were chosen for the location of the plant, then during the period from May to early September, the orchid should be protected from the influence of too bright day and evening sun - put behind a curtain (for example, on a table near a window) or into the shade of other plants.
Temperature:
This kind of orchid refers to a moderately warm thermal requirements, and it is recommended to keep the orchids under the following conditions throughout the year: day temperature is not higher than 30 ° C, night not below 15 ° C. For the successful growth at home, it is necessary that the night temperature of the content is always 4 ° C lower than the daytime temperature.
Humidity:
According to the natural climate in the nature of this species of orchids, air humidity throughout the year is at the level of 70-80%, however, when growing in a substrate (in pots or hanging baskets) under regular watering conditions, the humidity of air can vary at the level of 50 -60%. Too dry air negatively affects the development of the plant - its growth is inhibited, and deformations in the form of an accordion appear on the leaves.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Pescatoria pulvinaris mainly be grow only in pots or wooden baskets. As a substrate, it is recommended to use a mixture of bark of coniferous trees with perlite, peat, sphagnum moss, coconut chips, polystyrene, oak leaves and charcoal.
Watering:
Watering this kind of orchids directly depends on the temperature of the content, the higher it is, the more often and abundant it is necessary to water. When watering orchids in pots, it is necessary to remember that excess water during watering should flow freely out of the pot, as the stagnation of water both inside the pot and in its pallet can very quickly lead to rotting of the roots and the lower part of the plant. The substrate between watering should be relatively dry, but not completely dry, i.e. is always in a slightly moistened, but not wet state.
Fertilizer:
During the new growth period, this type of orchid is fertilized for every third watering in 1/2 or 1/3 of the fertilizer concentration indicated on the package. Their roots are quite sensitive to various kinds of potassium, phosphoric and the salts contained in the fertilizer, and can very quickly deteriorate (blackening and mass extinction). In addition to the usual root top dressing, it is also recommended to produce a foliar dressing, when a very much diluted fertilizer is sprayed on the outer part of the plant. At the beginning of the vegetation (the appearance of new shoots), it is recommended to use fertilizer with a higher nitrogen content, and when the rosette grows less - a fertilizer with a high content of phosphorus.
To prevent salinization of the substrate in the intervals between fertilization, a good washing is necessary. To do this, the orchid should be placed under a stream of warm water and several times well rinsed.
Rest period:
Pescatoria pulvinaris does not need a period of rest. Refusal to flowering can be due to too hot content of the plant, the lack of sufficient differences between night and day temperatures or poor lighting. Drying of the tips of the leave indicates irregular irrigation (for example, prolonged exposure to a dried substrate) or the use of too hard water.
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