Cattleya jongheana
November 6, 2020
Cattleya jongheana
We hope that you joined us for the first Orchid Digest International Speakers Day held on Saturday, October 31, 2020. Alek Zaslawski of AWZ Orguídeas in Vitória, Brazil, was one of four fabulous speakers! The topic of his presentation was “The Beautiful Brazilian Mountains and the Orchid that Grow There.” Cattleya jongheana
(synonym Laelia
jongheana
) is found in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, a large inland state in southeastern Brazil at elevations of 1,300 to 1,600 meters (4,265 to 5,249 feet). It blooms in late winter until spring. The flowers range from four to six inches (seven to 16 cm). Grow this orchid in cool to cold temperatures with a temperature drop at night. It is best to water in the afternoon and should not dry out. Provide high humidity (especially at night) and very good air circulation. It should be grown in cattleya light. It does best when mounted. Fertilize weekly.
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Found in the Xizang Province of China, the western Himalayas, Assam, the eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar, and Vietnam at elevations of 800 to 2,600 meters (2,625 to 8,530 feet) as a small-sized warm- to cool-growing epiphyte that blooms in the summer and fall. Photographer Ron Parsons
Broughtonia lindenii is found in Cuba and the Bahamas. Plants grow at low elevations on trees and shrubs in coastal thickets and pine lands. Flowers are showy, somewhat cup-shaped, and drooping bloom from late spring through summer. Photographer: Ron Parsons
Photographer ©Phil Cribb The Orchid Digest Front Cover 85-4 Cymbidium insigne Rolfe, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 35: 387 (1904) Cymbidium insigne is found in southern and central Vietnam throughout most of this mountainous region, particularly the Lang Bian Mountains near Dalat. Seidenfaden (1993) also reported collections from near Chapa in extreme northern Vietnam near the …
Photographer ©Ron Parsons The Orchid Digest Front Cover 86-1 Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis (Holz.) Cockerell, Torreya 16: 185 (1916) Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis is a terrestrial orchid found in the northwestern regions of Canada and the United States. It is found in Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington in the USA. In Canada, it …
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Photographer ©Ron Parsons, grown by Mary Gerritsen The Orchid Digest Back Cover 86-1 Ornithocephalus ciliatus Lindl., Ann. Nat. Hist. 4: 383 (1840) Ornithocephalus ciliatus is a twig epiphyte growing on old citrus trees and shrubs in montane rain forests. As you can imagine, growing on a twig would result in low water and nutrient availability …
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Photographer ©Johan Hermans The Orchid Digest Back Cover 85-4 Cymbidium goeringii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 547 (1852) Cymbidium goeringii is native to Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Confucius was the first to document this species in writing. The flowers, held low amid the leaves, are scented—the plants flower in …
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Bulbophyllum scaberulum Photographer: John Varigos A widespread African species found in most of the countries of central and South Africa. It is a creeping epiphytic or occasionally lithophytic and found at 100 to 1800 meters (350 to 5,900 feet). The plants usually grow in riverside forests. It has many flowers per inflorescence and the flowers …
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Schoenorchis seidenfadenii Photographer: John Varigos The genus Schoenorchis consists of 25, mini-miniature to small-sized, monopodial epiphytes occurring in Asia from the Himalayas to New Guinea. Schoenorchis seidenfadenii is found in Thailand and Vietnam at elevations of 550 to 600 meters (1,804 to 1,969 feet). It is a miniature-sized, warm growing, creeping epiphyte. It flowers in …
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Paphiopedilum Pavarotti x Paphiopedilum Billy Bunter) Originator: Barry Fraser Registered: 2007 by Matsui Nurseries Grown by Tim Culbertson Photo by Eric Hunt Background: Insigne (45.7%) spicerianum (21%) villosum (13.1%, boxallii, duryi, fairrieanum, bellatulum Paph. Pavarotti (Harvest Time x Divisadero) Paph. Billy Bunter (Meadow Mist x Via Avila Beach) No Awards Progeny: Paph Tuscon (Jack Straw …
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Epidendrum ilense is a species endemic to Ecuador and is considered extinct in the wild. Calway Dodson, the original collector, visited its natural habitat 6 months after initially discovering the new species only to find that the area that it was growing in had been deforested and turned into farmland. Many different species of orchids, …
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