Zygostates alleniana

 Zygostates alleniana Kraenzl., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 55 (1898).

Zygostates alleniana Kraenzl. Photo by Victor Alexandru

Zygostates alleniana Kraenzl. Photo by László Illés

its native range is Paraguay to NE. Argentina.

Latinh Name: 

Zygostates alleniana Kraenzl. 

Synonym:

Dipteranthus lindmanii Kraenzl.

Zygostates aquinoi Schltr.

Zygostates lindmanii (Kraenzl.) Schltr.

English Name:

Allen's Zygostates

Description: 

With minute, ovoid, lightly complanate pseudobulbs enveloped basally by a pair of leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying a single, lanceolate, acute, thin textured, gradully narrowing below into the conduplicate clasping base leaf that blooms in the later spring on a slender, terete, axillary, racemose, 2 to 3 cm long, successively 7 to 10 flowered inflorescence.

Distribution:

Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Paraguay.

Ecological:

In wet montane forests at lower elevations as a mini-miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the later spring.

Flower size:

6.0 mm.

Cultivation:

Light:

Bright to Shade; 2000-3000 Footcandles (bright indirect light,strong shadowing)

Temperature: 

Cool,Intermediate to Warm; 40°F min. to 95°F max.(tolerant of extremes,favoring cool).

Watering:

Moist; 3-5 waterings per week (let dry lightly between waterings)

Plants require warm temperature and shady conditions. Keep the humidity high and water frequently. Plants should never be allowed to dry out.

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