Autumn and wintertime florescence evergreen and folio - losing Orchids natives of Asia , Africa and Australasia . The name Calanthe is derive from the Hellenic kalos , beautiful , and anthos , a heyday . Calanthe belongs to the class Orchidaceae .
Leaf-Losing Kinds
Of these , the two most authoritative species are C. rosea and C. vestita . The latter has the larger heyday , with unremarkably clean segments , and the sassing is divided into three lobes ; at the base of the lip , there is a yellow or blood - red splotch , the color separate two favorite varieties , luteo - oculata , and rubro - oculata . The original species C. rosea and C. vestita , are rarely grown ; they have been supervene upon by hybrids .
The earliest of these hybrids , C. Veitchii , bear forty or more blossom in an anthesis , the flowers vary in colouring material from soft to deep rose wine . Numerous other hybrid have since been lift : they admit C. bella Harrisii , white ; C. William Murray , withdeep redlip and rose colourize sepals and petals , and C. bella , mysterious rose .
When to Repot-Suitable Compost
These Orchids require repotting each spring , when saucy emergence commence , in a mixture of four parts fibrous loam and one part leaf mildew , sand and chopped sphagnum moss . Some agriculturist contribute dried cow manure . The pots must bewell run out . To produce flowers , pseudobulbs formed the late class are selected and plant severally . The old pseudobulbs ( back bulbs ) may be used for propagation . If potted and treat in the same way they will grow new pseudobulbs that will blossom the following twelvemonth .
Summer and Winter Management
After repotting watering must be done cautiously , for if the Modern compost becomes sodden , root natural action is prevented . When the can are full of roots , however , water may be give freely and theplants benefitthen from hebdomadal applications programme of dilute liquid fertilizer . When in full growth the plants bask abundant heat and a moist atmosphere . Full photo to light is necessary in the autumn to ripen the pseudobulb and theplants should then be placedon a shelf or other light-colored place in the greenhouse . As the leafage matures and the flower spikes look water must again be given , but sparingly at first . After the flower spikes have been trim down , the bulbs should be maintain quite ironic , in a temperature of 60 degrees , until refreshing growing begins .
Evergreen Calanthes
These include tropic kinds that ask essentially the same conditions as the leaf - losing kinds discussed above except that they are not dried off during the winter . At that season , however , the compost is retain some what dryer than it is from spring through downslope . Among the evergreen are also some aborigine of Japan that can be grown permanently alfresco in California and in other mild climates . The evergreen kinds want a compost similar to that used for the leaf - lose Calanthes . The plant must be prevent moist throughout the year and in wintertime the minimum temperature should be maintained at 60 degrees .
