Cuitlauzina pendula is native to Western Mexico. They grows on trees in oak or pine forests, in the coastal mountains surrounding the Balsas Basin over the Pacific Ocean. These plants are also found near Morelia and Talpa in the states of Michoacan and Jalisco, usually at heights of 1400-2200 m. There are also reports of their occurrence in the states of Sinaloa and Guerrero, and not very certain reports from the states of Mexico, Oaxaca and Chiapas. It is a small to medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte and sometime terrestrial, which reaching 38 cm in height, with a short rhizome carrying ovoid, clustered, compressed, ancipitous, dull or glossy light green, sulcate with age, up to 8 cm tall pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, coriaceous, broadly ligulate, acute or obtuse, coriaceous, 30 cm long leaves.
Cuitlauzina Pendula Care
Cuitlauzina Pendula
Other names: Tree Marigold
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Humidity
High
Lighting
Full Sun
Temperature
14°C - 28°C
Hardiness zone
10b - 11
Difficulty
Medium
How to Care for the Plant
Water
Precipitation is slight to moderate during the 5 months of the summer rainy season. Then immediately follows a period of 7 months of very dry season, lasting from autumn until late spring. In cultivation, the plants should lightly dry between watering even during active growth. When new growths reach maturity in autumn, the amount of water should be reduced.
Fertilizer
During the active growth, the plants should be fertilized every week 1/4-1/2 of the recommended dose of fertilizer for orchids. You can use balanced fertilizer throughout the year or also can use high-nitrogen fertilizer from spring to mid-summer, and then at the end of summer and autumn, highly phosphoric fertilizer.
Sunlight
Cuitlauzina pendula needs a light level of 25000-35000 lux. During the brightest days, the plants should be slightly shaded. The level of light in the winter rest period should be as high as possible, so as not to burn the leaves. The plants thrive when sometimes exposed to direct sunlight. Constant, strong air movement is required.
Soil
Cuitlauzina pendula can be mounted on cork or tree fern rootstock if high humidity and watering are maintained at least once a day during the summer. When growing in pots, a loose and airy substrate such as bark of medium or large size, pieces of cork or tree-fern fiber is recommended. The pots should be as small as possible so that only the root ball can fit.
Temperature
The average temperature of the summer day is 25-28 ° C, night 14 ° C, giving a daily difference of 12-14 ° C. In spring, the average day temperature is 29-30 ° C, the night 11-13 ° C, giving a daily difference of 17-18 ° C. In winter the average day temperature is 23-25 ​​° C, the night 6-7 ° C, giving a daily difference of 17-18 ° C.
Container
When growing in pots, a loose and airy substrate such as bark of medium or large size, pieces of cork or tree-fern fiber is recommended. The pots should be as small as possible so that only the root ball can fit.
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