Lockhartia bennettii

[Bud]

This orchid specie is endemic to the Peruvian amazon, I also posted some years ago the yellow species: Lockhartia lunifera and Lockhartia biserra. What attracted me to this orchid plant are the interesting braided leaves, collectors grow it just for its foliage. I provide it with temperatures in intermediate to warm conditions in the east facing bathroom window that provides it high light in the morning. The tiny (2cm) white flowers are cute it is also long lasting. This orchid plant requires consistent water in the warmer months and in winter, I give it a slight dry out between watering. It is mounted as I received it from Ecuagenera and I didn’t dare pry the tiny roots out of the wood. Fertilizer is weekly weakly with Algoflash alternating with seaweed mix. I stopped the humidifiers because New York this time of year is starting to be very humid.... the window slightly ajar gives ample air circulation which is crucial to its culture.