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Scientific Name– Cattleya sp. Synonim– Common name(s)– Distribution and Habitat– Cattleya are approximately 60 species from tropical America, they are mainly epiphytic and occur naturally in a wide variety of habitats, or lithophytes witch grow on rocks. The flowers are borne on terminal racems. Description– Requirements– the plants need bright light to some sun, with no direct sun in the middle of the day. Place them in an east, shaded south, or west window. At night, temperatures should be 12-15 ̊C and during the day 21-29̊C. Cattleyas require 50-80% humidity, place the plants on trays of gravel partially filled with water, making sure that the plants do not sit in the water. Air should always be moving around the plants to prevent fungal or bacterial diseases, especially in the presence of high humidity or cool temperatures. Management– fertilizing, use a high-nitrogen fertilizer such as 30-10-10. When in active growth, plants need fertilizer at least every two weeks. When a plant has at least six mature pseudobulbs, move it to a larger pot rather than divide it. When you divide a plant, you should have three to five pseudobulb per division. Seedlings need constant moisture, mature cattleyas need to dry out thoroughly before they receive water again. Water below 10̊C may injure plants. Propagation– by seeds, germinate after 14-28 days from sowing. Curiosity– Cattleya loddigesii Lindley 1823 was the first Cattleya introduced into European greenhouses and came from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cattleya schilleriana Rchb 1857, first appeared in the collection of Consul Schiller at Hamburg, Germany, in the fall of 1857, having been imported from Bahia, Brazil. Bibliography Carl L. Withner – Cattleyas and their relatives – timber Press, 1988 David P. Banks – Orchid Grower’s Companion – Timber Press, 2004 Ellen Zachos – Orchid Growing for Wimps – Sterling, 2003 H.W. Pritchard - Modern Methods in Orchid Conservation – Cambridge University Press, 1989
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 Orchidee
Orchid self-fertilises Holcoglossum amesianum
Scientists have discovered that Holcoglossum amesianum self-fertilises. It is not a hermaphrodite orchid needs water, wind or birds to inmultii. Light, temperature and humidity necessary orchids
Orchideele are monocotyledonous plants of the family Orchidaceae, including about 20,000 to 35,000 and 40,000 species of hybrids. Except for the polar areas, orchids grow in spontaneously in all climatic zones of the world, about 60 species are widespread in Europe and 140 in the U.S. and Canada. Zygopetalum
Zygopetalum contains epiphytic species, most originating in Brazil. Pseudobulbi wearing ovoid form 2 or more leaves lanceolata. Lateral inflorescences develop at the pseudobulbilor; smell of hyacinths. SEPA and petals similar, free. Label is tri-lobate, lobe in the middle is wide, ovat or suborbicular-obovata. Fruit capsule, ovoid-oblonga. Holcoglossum amesianum
Holcoglossum amesianum or litofita is an epiphytic species, endemic in Kampuchea, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and China, which grows at 1200-2000 m altitude. Roots thick. Short stalk. Leaves 9-30 cm long, fleshy, narrow V-shaped in section, acute. Blossom raceme of 25-50 cm, with 15-30 flowers, SEPA and petals 2 cm, oblong, white. Liliopsida
Strelitzia reginae - Bird of Paradise
Strelitzia is a genus containing five species of perennial, originating from southern Africa belong to the family Strelitziaceae. Genus name is derived from the queen of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of King George III of England, promoter of botany. Alstroemeria
Herbaceous perennial. Rhizome long, soft, or short and nodosa. Stem 1 m tall, sterile stems short. Leaves alternate, short stalks, lamina linear - ovata, margins entire, nervatiune parallel. Blossom terminal umbela-loose. Canna indicate
Canna show - a species native to tropical America, cultivated as ornamental plants for red flowers, become established in wet places. Paraensis Alstroemeria sp. November.
Alstroemeria paraensis - herbaceous perennial, 1-1,4 m high, stem cylindrical, 0,4-0,8 mm diameter, glabra. Leaves stripped vegetation are 12-18 x 2,5-6 cm, elliptic, top acuminata, the attenuated both sides glabra, prominent ribs Allium schoenoprasum
Allium schoenoprasum is used as an ornamental species for borders or pots. Leaves eaten cooked or raw with oil and fish. Leaves used like raw onions or garlic in a salad. |
 
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