Prosthechea ochracea

Prosthechea ochracea (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins, Phytologia 82(5): 379 (1998).

Prosthechea ochracea (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins, Photo by Christopher Contreras

its native range is Mexico to Central America.

Latinh Name: 

Prosthechea ochracea (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Encyclia ochracea (Lindl.) Dressler

Epidendrum ochraceum Lindl.

Epidendrum parviflorum Sessé & Moc.

Epidendrum triste A.Rich. & Galeotti

English Name:

The Ochre Yellow Prosthechea.

Description: 

With loosely clustered, narrowly ovoid to fusiform-ovoid pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3 towards the apex, narrowly ligulate-elliptic to ligulate-lanceolate, acute or narrowly obtuse leaves that blooms mostly in the spring and summer but possible at any time of the year, on an apical, 6 to 30 cm long, simple, pendulous to arching, densly many (6 to 12) flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb that is shorter or just as long as the leaves and has non-resupinate, successive opening, fleshy, cup shaped flowers.

Distribution:

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua.

Ecological:

As a medium sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte from Mexico south to Panama that occurs at elevations of 500 to 3500 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms mostly in the spring and summer but possible at any time of the year.

Flower size:

2.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Plants grow in cool to warm conditions and can be grown in medium size fir bark with perlite. Plant prefers drying periods between watering and bright light is recommended. Lengthen drying period a bit in the winter.

Typus:

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- orchidspecies.com

- ipni.org

- powo.science.kew.org

- orchids.fandom.com

- efloras.org