Lockhartia lunifera

Lockhartia lunifera Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 767 (1852).

Lockhartia lunifera Rchb.f., Photo by 蘇清記

its native range is E. & S. Brazil.

Latin  namee:

Lockhartia lunifera Rchb.f.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Fernandezia lunifera Lindl.

Fernandezia robusta Klotzsch ex Rchb.f.

English Name:

The Half Moon Sepal Lockhartia.

Description: 

Psuedobulbless plant with elongate, 10 to 30 cm, mostly pendant stems that are very close together enveloped completely by numerous, disitchous, imbricating, basally clasping, conduplicate, triangular leaves that are bilaterally compressed, densly imbricate and about 1.25 cm long alternately arranged along the stem. The axillary curved flower stalks spring from the apical portion of the stem and have several flowers and are subtended by a concave bract. They bloom in the spring and summer and are very long lasting.

Distribution:

Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast.

Ecological:

An  epiphyte that is a medium to small.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring and summer.

Flower size:

2.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Grow plants in intermediate to warm temperatures in partial shade to bright light. Water plant when mix drys. During the winter give plants a slight dryout between waterings. Water approximately once a week. Pot with medium fir bark.

Typus:

s.coll. [t. 5592], Santa Cruz K000078995 Unknown type material

Jameson [4360] Fernandezia lunifera K000079001 Unknown type material

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/641725-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:641725-1

- http://www.orchidspecies.com/locklunifera.htm. 

- https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Lockhartia_lunifera