Lockhartia oerstedii Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 767; et Xenia Orch. 1: 105, t. 40 (1852).
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| Lockhartia oerstedii Rchb.f., Photo by Vaughan Nelson |
its native range is Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Central America.
Latin Name:
Lockhartia oerstedii Rchb.f.
Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Synonym:
Fernandezia robusta Bateman
Lockhartia lamellosa Rchb.f.
Lockhartia mirabilis (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
Lockhartia robusta (Bateman) Schltr.
Lockhartia verrucosa Rchb.f.
Oncidium mirabile Rchb.f.
English Name:
Oersted's Lockhartia (Danish Botanist and Orchid Collector 1800's).
Description:
It has a long zigzag stem carrying imbricate, distichous, equitant, semitriangular, obtuse or acute leaves with an axillary, pendant, to 3.5 cm long, several flowered inflorescence arising from the upper leaf axils occuring at any time of the year that has cordate-semi-orbicular, apiculate, amplexicaul, glaucous bracts and needs more shade and water while growing but always keep damp.
Distribution:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá.
Ecological:
As a caespitose, medium sized, cool to hot growing epiphyte from dense jungles up to 2600 m in elevation.
Flowering times:
Blooms at any time of the year.
Flower size:
2.5 mm.
Cultivation:
LIGHT/LOCATION: semi-shady
TEMPERATURE: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
WATERING: Pour every 7 days
FERTILIZATION: once a month
Type Information:
Fendler, A. [1432] K000079002 Unknown type material
not known [-] Lockhartia verrucosa K000079005 Unknown type material
Reference:
theplantlist.org
https://www.ipni.org/n/641732-1
http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:641732-1
http://www.orchidspecies.com/lockhartiaoerstedii.htm.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockhartia_oerstedii
https://www.orchideen-wichmann.de/en/lockhartia-oerstedii-tressenorchidee.html
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