Warczewiczella marginata

 Warczewiczella marginata Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 636 (1852).

Warczewiczella marginata Rchb.f., Photo by Harvey Garentt Della

its native range is Colombia to N. Venezuela.

Latin Name: 

Warczewiczella marginata Rchb.f.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Chondrorhyncha marginata (Rchb.f.) P.H.Allen

Cochleanthes marginata (Rchb.f.) R.E.Schult. & Garay

Huntleya marginata Rchb.f.

Warczewiczella velata Rchb.f. & Warsz.

Warrea marginata Rchb.f.

Warrea quadrata Lindl.

Zygopetalum fragrans Linden

Zygopetalum marginatum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.

Zygopetalum quadratum (Lindl.) Pfitzer

Zygopetalum velatum (Rchb.f. & Warsz.) Rchb.f.

English Name:

The Rimmed Warczewiczella.

Description: 

It is pseudobulbless with a fan of basally overlapping, linear-lanceolate, pale green, basally articulate leaves and is found in Colombia, Venezuela and Panama at elevations above 30 meters and blooms in the summer through fall on an erect, 7.5 cm long, axillary inflorescence with a solitary, fragrant, fleshy, long-lasting flower held amid the leaves.

Distribution:

Colombia, Venezuela.

Ecological:

A small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte .

Flowering times:

Blooms in the summer.

Flower size:

7.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Keep plant at cool to warm temperatures with high humidity. Keep plant in shade to moderate light. Potting media should not be allowed to dry out. Keep moist but not soggy. Water about every five to seven days. Plants should be potted in a well drain mix with medium fir bark with some perlite. Plant is best grown in a basket Potting media should never be allowed to dry out.

Typus:

Jan 1, 2012 Warszewicz, J.R.R. [s.n.] Warrea quadrata K000857201 holotype

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/661384-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:661384-1

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

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