Rooting Gomesa
Gomesa radicans
Rooting Gomesa
- Delicate orchid from Southeast Brazil
- Grass-like foliage
- Numerous tiny fragrant flowers
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Description
This narrow-leaved, grass-like orchid with many tiny colourful flowers is native to the south-east of Brazil. It grows in the Atlantic coastal forests up to about 400 m altitude, as an epiphyte in shady places. The climate there is humid, warm to hot with a drier period in the southern winter from May to September. A dense bush of many small pseudobulbs develops on a compact rootstock with adhesive and aerial roots, usually with four leaves, two at the base and two at the tip. The grass-like narrow leaves are up to about 10 cm long and 2 mm wide. In summer and autumn a number of flowers about 0,7 - 1 cm high appear on inflorescences up to 20 cm long. The various flower parts are white, purple, greenish, orange-yellow and violet-brown in colour.
Gomesa radicans is a graceful, small perching plant for humid tropical terrariums, preferably those with a drier, cooler winter period. It fits into smaller containers, where its fascinating flower details also come into their own.
Profile
| Gomesa radicans | |
| Cultivation options | Epiphytic or pot culture in orchid substrate |
| Growth height | approx. 15 cm |
| Temperature | approx. 15 to 25 °C; lowering the temperature at night is an advantage |
| Humidity | Over 60 %, with good ventilation |
| Light requirement | Moderately light, semi-shady |
| Watering | Soft, calcium-poor water. Mounted: spray or dip about 3 - 5 times a week, allow to dry in between. Pot culture: water about once a week, avoid waterlogging |
| Fertilising | Twice monthly orchid and Tillandsia fertiliser |
| Suitable for | Rainforest terrariums, tropical terrariums with drier period |
| Cultivation options |
| Epiphytic or pot culture in orchid substrate |
| Growth height |
| approx. 15 - 30 cm |
| Temperature |
| approx. 15 to 25 °C; lowering the temperature at night is an advantage |
| Humidity |
| Over 60 %, with good ventilation |
| Light requirement |
| Moderately light, semi-shady |
| Watering |
| Soft, calcium-poor water. Mounted: spray or dip about 3 - 5 times a week, allow to dry in between. Pot culture: water about once a week, avoid waterlogging |
| Fertilising |
| Twice monthly orchid and Tillandsia fertiliser |
| Suitable for |
| Rainforest terrariums, tropical terrariums with drier period |
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