The names of the plants you own should really look like this:
Den. farmeri
not
Den. formeri.
Den. farmeri is a species. It belongs to the section Densiflorum. It is one of those that has a distinct dormancy period that must be observed in order for long term health to be maintained. These do not go fully deciduous during the onset of dormancy. Roots stay alive during dormancy, but remain inactive. Dormancy starts in late fall/early winter through early spring. It is completely unnecessary to water and fertilize them during dormancy. You may water them on very rare occasions, but do not fertilize them at all when they're not in active growth. Even the occasional
misting of the roots is okay during dormancy, but don't get carried away with it, or it may do some damage to the plant (new shoots may damp out and die).
Grow them in moderately bright indirect light.
Coolish to warm temperatures (50 F - 95 F).
Intermediate to high humidity (50% to 80% is adequate).
Moderate to good air circulation.
Do not grow in moss whatsoever, the roots have a high probability of suffocating and dying under extremely wet conditions and not enough air circulation to the roots.
A general watering guideline is 2 - 3 times a week during active growth. Take note that I mentioned that this is a "guideline", not a rule. There is a little flexibility.
It's fragrant. However, it may stop producing the fragrance after 4 pm (it sounds like b.s., but it's not, certain orchids can time their fragrance because their pollinators are active during certain time frames in the day).
And...
Cycnodes (chlorochilon x Jumbo Puff)
Let me explain why the Cycnodes is labeled the way it is...
I've already explained to you how the name Cycnodes breaks down.
The "chlorochilon" portion is the part that's tricky. That's actually part of the name to a species plant. That plant is called
Cynoches chlorochilon.
Again, notice it is not a Cycnodes, it is a Cycnoches ("Swan Orchids"). There is a big difference.
Btw, in case you wanted to know...
Cycnoches chlorochilon has a pendulous inflorescence with several large, star shaped, yellow-green flowers. They're really cool.
"Jumbo Puff" is another
Cycnodes, so when in reference to this particular parent plant of the cross, it would look like: Cycnodes Jumbo Puff.
To make it clear, I will write out the names of the orchids involved in the cross in this way:
Cycnoches chlorochilon x Cycnodes Jumbo Puff
But since the intergeneric hybrid only involves the genera
Cycnoches and
Mormodes, it can be generally called a
Cycnodes. So hence:
Cycd (chlorochilon x Jumbo Puff)
The fact that the hybrid still mentions the parents of the cross in it's name means that it is either not a registered hybrid or it hasn't yet been assigned an official registered grex and cultivar name.
I had to clarify this in order for you to understand what you have.
The general guidelines for growing the Cycnodes are:
Intermediate to warm (55 F - 95 F).
Bright shade to moderate indirect bright.
Moderate to high humidity (50% - 80% is adequate).
Moderate to good air circulation.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention...
The members of the sub-tribe
Catasetinae have a very distinct feature...
Each plant carries flowers that are either male or female depending on the cultural conditions.
Rarely does each plant carry both male and female flowers.
Unless there's a genetic mutation, each flower usually does not contain both male and female parts. Each flower either has male parts, or they have female parts.
 |
 |
 |
 |
Mistking
|
Looking for a misting system? Look no further. Automated misting systems from MistKing are used by multitude of plant enthusiasts and are perfect for Orchids. Systems feature run dry pumps, ZipDrip valve, adjustable black nozzles, per second control! Automatically mist one growing shelf or a greenhouse full of Orchids.
See MistKing testimonials |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
how to care for den formeri and cycnode chlorochilon?!
Linear Mode
