Prosthechea vitellina is native to Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador. In Mexico, they are found on mountain slopes directed to the Gulf of Mexico, in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, Oaxaca and Chiapas. They usually grow epiphytically in damp pine and oak forests, in rain forests and on bushes in areas of dwarf vegetation in areas covered with lava, at altitudes of 1400-2600 m. It is a medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte, which reaching 20-28 cm tall, with conical-ovoid, slightly compressed, 2.5-6.4 cm tall pseudobulb with two, apical, subcoriaceous, narrowly elliptic, obtuse, 15-23 cm long and about 5 cm wide leaves.The Yolk-Yellow Prosthechea blooms in the spring through fall on a apical, 30 to 45cm long, simple to few branched inflorescence that has a basal sheath and arises on a mature pseudobulb, that carrying 4 to 12, long-lived, orange to deep scarlet, showy, resupinate, wide open flowers. The flowers are up to 6.4 cm in diameter, are flat and rarely distributed on the upper half of the flowering shoot. The wide, spread petals of both whorls are sharp and can be orange, cinnamon-red, dark-red or cinnabar. The narrow, dagger-shaped dander is shorter than the petals, it may be yellow or orange-yellow and may have orange-red dots.
Encyclia Vitellina Care
Prosthechea Vitellina
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Humidity
High
Lighting
Full Sun
Temperature
18°C - 29°C
Difficulty
Medium
How to Care for the Plant
Water
Precipitation is from moderate to heavy from late spring to early autumn, with a 5-6 month relatively dry period from late autumn to early spring. During active growth, the substrate of cultivated plants should be wet, but in autumn watering should be gradually 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 a fertilizer with low nitrogen content in the autumn and a high content of phosphorus. It improves flowering in the next season and strengthens new growth before winter. Every few weeks, the substrate should be rinsed to avoid the formation of mineral deposits, especially when using high doses of fertilizers. Flushing throughout the whole year is especially important where the water is highly mineralized.
Sunlight
Prosthechea vitellina needs a light level of 20000-30000 lux.
Soil
If grown in pots, it is recommended to use a very loose, permeable substrate, such as medium to large pieces of fir bark, cork pieces, or tree fern fiber.
Temperature
The average summer temperature is 21 ° C at night, 10-11 ° C at night, with a daily amplitude of 11 ° C. In late spring, the average day temperature reaches 22-23 ° C, the night 9-10 ° C, and the daily difference is 13 ° C. The average winter temperature is between 16-17 ° C and at night 5-6 ° C, giving a diurnal difference of 11-12 ° C.
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