Promenaea silvana

Promenaea silvana F.Barros & Cath., Hoehnea 21: 94, fig (1994).

Promenaea silvana F.Barros & Cath., Photo by Albert Tamashausky  

its native range is Brazil (Bahia).

Latin Name: 

Promenaea silvana F.Barros & Cath.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

English Name:

Silva's Promenaea (Da Silva - Brazilaian Orchid Enthusiast).

Description: 

With ovate, compressed pseudobubls enveloped in youth by 2 to 3 deciduous sheaths and carrying 2, apical, membraneous, oblanceolate, acuimninate leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a basal, 4.5 to 7.5 cm long, single flowered inflorescence.

Distribution:

Brazil Northeast.

Ecological:

In montane rainforests at elevations of 500 to 1000 m as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the late spring and early summer.

Flower size:

4.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Climate: Intermediate

Air Circulation: Medium

Light: Medium

Humidity: Medium

Fertilizer: Weekly

Plants are warm to intermediate growing and require moderate lighting. 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 or in tree fern fibers. On mature plants, with hold watering for one month during the winter.

Typus:

Collector Team:

E.F.da Silva

Type Herbaria:

holotype SP

Distribution Of Types:

Sul do Estado, Bahia (Brazil, Southern America)

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/301249-2

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:301249-2

http://www.orchidspecies.com/promsilvana.htm.

https://www.ecuagenera.com/Promenaea-silvana/en.

https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Promenaea_silvana