| GROWTH HABITS |
Monopodial epiphyte |
| ORIGIN |
Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama |
| BLOOMING SEASON |
Winter and summer |
| LIGHT |
Shady conditions, 1500 to 1800 fc |
| TEMPERATURE |
Hot to warm with winter lows of 12 degrees to 15 degrees C
(54 degrees to 59 degrees F) and summer highs at 29 to 35 degrees C
(85 to 96 degrees F) |
| HUMIDITY |
Will grow at 50% to 60% humidity but will do much better at
80 to 90% |
| WATER |
Let the plant just get dry before watering. |
| GROWING MEDIA |
Can be mounted on tree fern plaques or cork bark or it
can be potted in a small pot using the following mix. Use a potting
mix that frains well such as the following: 6 parts seedling bark, 1 part perlite, 1
part charcoal. |
| FERTILIZER |
Feed weak
weekly a growth mixture (1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon per gallon water) in
late spring till mid fall. Then change to a blossom buster mix fee
weak weekly till its time to change to a growth mixture. |
| POTS |
Use small clay or plastic pots. |
| NOTES |
This is a small plant with few to many small flowers
on a pendulous inflorescence. You can get mounted plants from
Oakhill Gardens and plants in pots from Woodstream Orchids. |
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