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Cuitlauzina pendula 'Ferne'
- Common Name:
- Family: Orchidaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Mexico
- Habitat: oak-pine forests
- Culture: Grow this species in the cool or cold house with winter night temperatures down to the low 40's F (short periods even lower may be tolerated depending on the balance of other conditions). Plants are best grown mounted or in baskets to accommodate their long, wiry, pendent inflorescences. One good grower recommends a potting mix consisting of one part each of perlite, medium charcoal and chunky peat moss to seven parts of equal medium and fine fir bark. During the growing season, keep the medium moist, watering every day if necessary. Once the growths are mature and winter approaches, dry out the plant while keeping humidity high and do not increase water until the young inflorescences are evident growing out of the new growth. After flowering until the new growths mature in the fall, plants should be fertilized regularly with a fertilizer formulation suitable for epiphytic orchids. When well-grown, each new growth will produce one to three inflorescences; each of which may be multibranched. Data from AOS, 2009.
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Accession Data:- Accession # 201100207
- Source: Smith College - plant
- Provenance: Smith# 344-08
Smith received from Wilford Neptune, Newton, MA
- Accession Date: 05-18-2011
- Bench: 1401 - Montane Orchid Cooler
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-22-2013
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Asparagales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Orchidaceae
- SubFamily: Epidendroideae
- Tribe: Maxillarieae
- SubTribe: Oncidiinae
References:
- IOSPE Orchid Database
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