Angraecum bicallosum is found in northern Madagascar. It grow on tree trunks in moss forest on Montagne d'Ambre (Amber Mountain) in northern Madagascar at an altitude of around 1000 meters. It is indigenous to the island.
Angraecum bicallosum also called as The Two Calli Angraecum, Perrierangraecum bicallosum, is a species of the genus Angraecum. This species was described by Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie in 1938.
IDENTIFY ANGRAECUM BICALLOSUM ORCHID PLANT
Angraecum bicallosum is found in northern Madagascar. It grow on tree trunks in moss forest on Montagne d'Ambre (Amber Mountain) in northern Madagascar at an altitude of around 1000 meters. It is indigenous to the island.
It is a miniature sized, warm to cool, pendant growing epiphyte with branching, slightly compressed stems carrying short, broadly elliptic, deeply and unequally bilobed apically, conduplicate basally leaves.
The Two Calli Angraecum blooms in the late spring through fall on an axillary, very short, single flowered inflorescence enveloped completely by 3 to 4, green sheaths and a similar green, folded floral bract.
ANGRAECUM BICALLOSUM 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:
Angraecum bicallosum needs a light level of 8000-15000 lux. Light should be low and filtered or diffused. Plants should not be exposed to direct midday sun. Strong air movement should be provided at all times.
Temperature:
Summer days temperature at average 25-26°C, and nights temperature at average 18°C, with a diurnal range of 7-8°C.
Humidity:
The Two Calli Angraecum need the humidity of 80-85% for most of the summer into early autumn. Averages then drop to near 65% in winter and early spring.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Angraecum bicallosum may be grown in shallow, well-drained containers or mounted on tree-fern slabs. Mounted plants need high humidity, however, and during hot, dry weather they may need several waterings a day.
If it is difficult to keep mounted plants moist enough, they may be grown in a shallow pot or basket filled with a very open, fast-draining medium that has excellent drainage, is well aerated, and allows the medium to dry fairly rapidly after watering.
You can use medium-sized fir bark or shredded tree-fern fiber and add varying amounts of chunky perlite and/or chopped sphagnum moss to keep the medium open and retain some moisture. Including charcoal in the mix also holds the medium open and prevents souring in the pot.
Plants should be repotted immediately if the medium starts to break down or whenever the plant outgrows its container. Repotting should be done just as new roots start to grow. This enables the plant to become reestablished in the shortest possible time.
Watering:
Rainfall in the region is heavy in summer and early autumn, but averages then fall quickly into a dry season that extends for 6-7 months from mid-autumn through the following spring. Cultivated plants should be watered heavily and be allowed to become somewhat dry between waterings while actively growing. Water should be reduced after growth is completed, however.
Fertilizer:
1/4-1/2 recommended strength, applied weekly when plants are actively growing. You can use a balanced fertilizer throughout the year; but also can use a high-nitrogen fertilizer from spring to midsummer, then switch to one high in phosphates in late summer and autumn.
Rest period:
Winter days temperature at average 15-16°C, and nights average 14-16°C, with a diurnal range of 8°C. Water should be reduced after growth is completed and the plants kept almost dry until new growth starts in spring. Somewhat regular early-morning misting between occasional light waterings should provide sufficient moisture in most growing areas. Fertilizer should be eliminated until heavier watering is resumed in spring.
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