Ada glumacea is found in Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, where it grows epiphytic on trees at an altitude of 1100 to 1800 meters above sea level...
Ada glumacea also called as The Ada with Spelts, Brassia glumacea, Brassia imbricata, Brassiopsis glumacea, Oncidium glumaceum, Oncidium imbricatum, is a species of the genus Ada. This species was described by Norris Hagan Williams in 1972.
IDENTIFY ADA GLUMACEA ORCHID PLANT
Ada glumacea is found in Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, where it grows epiphytic on trees at an altitude of 1100 to 1800 meters above sea level.
It is a medium sized, cold to warm growing epiphyte with elliptic-pyriform, moderately compressed, light green pseudobulbs partially enveloped basally by several distichous, imbricating lower leafless, upper leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect to arching, lanceolate, thin, acute, conduplicate below into the petiole-like base leaf.
The Ada with Spelts blooms on an axillary, slender, terete, pale green, erect, 22 cm long, 4 to 15 flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb through the axil of the leaf-bearing sheath and is as long or longer than the leaf, has a few distant tubular, acute bracts and occurs in the fall and winter. The flowers are small, 2 cm in diameter, green, with brown spots, have a pleasant fruity aroma.
ADA GLUMACEA ORCHID PLANT 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:
Ada glumacea loves the bright sun without access to direct sunlight, so during the hot midday sun on the windows of the southern orientation and the hot evening sun on the western windows, the orchid should be placed behind a curtain (for example, on a table near the window) or in the shade of other plants. Otherwise, the orchid can get sunburn.
Temperature:
This type of orchid belongs to a moderate temperature regime, however, it grows very well under cold conditions. It is recommended that plants be kept under the following temperature conditions throughout the year: Day temperature at 18-25 ° C; Night temperature at 14-18 ° C. To successfully grow at home, it is necessary that the night temperature of the content is always 4-5 ° C lower than the daytime temperature.
Humidity:
The Ada with Spelts needs relatively high humidity, not less than 60%, ideally 70-80%. Too dry air adversely affects the development of the plant: its growth is inhibited, and the leaves begin to turn yellow and dry.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Ada glumacea is grow only in pots. As a substrate, the mixture of the bark of coniferous trees and moss sphagnum is best. Repotting is desirable in cases of severe compaction or salinization of the substrate, its critically low or high pH, or when the plant grows very much and the old pot will become too tight. The best time to transplant is considered to be a period when new shoots reach a size of 5 cm and begin to build up their own roots.
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 the irrigations should dry relatively well, but do not dry completely.
Fertilizer:
During the period of active growth, this kind of orchids is fertilized for every third watering in 1/2 or 1/4 of the fertilizer concentration indicated on the package. In addition to the usual root dressing, it is also recommended to produce a foliar dressing when a very dilute fertilizer sprayed with orchid leaves. It is best to feed the plant, alternating both these methods. To avoid very rapid salinization of the substrate, once every 3-4 months it needs to be washed well. For these purposes, the pot with the orchid should be put in the sink and several times pass through the substrate a jet of warm water. The first signs of salinization of the substrate are the blackening of the tips of the leaves of orchids with their subsequent yellowing and drying. In case of particularly severe damage, the plant should immediately be transplanted into a new substrate.
Rest period:
To stimulate flowering, Ada glumacea needs a clearly defined period of rest. It begins immediately after the formation of new pseudobulbs, i.e., when new, young shoots reach the size of old ones and begin to turn into pseudobulbs (rounded), and is expressed in the fact that the orchid is kept somewhat drier and colder than usual, and not fertilize. The total temperature of the contents should not be above 18 ° C in the daytime and about 14-16 ° C at night. Watering the orchids needs to be coordinated at relatively lower temperatures and produce little by little, so that the substrate between waterings does not just dry out well, but it is completely dry for at least a week. With the advent of peduncles, the rest period ends: the total temperature of the content increases, and watering resumes in the usual volume.
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