Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Sophronitis acuensis

Sophronitis acuensis is a species from Brazil, as are all the species in the genus.  It is now reclassified as Cattleya, but by any name is colorful and desirable.  Its flowers are slightly smaller than the better known Sophronitis coccinea and the plant is much smaller, the individual growths only 4 cm tall, smaller than the 5 cm flowers.  My plant is mounted on a moss covered branch and receives very high light.  Like the other Sophronitis species it prefers cooler temperatures.





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  1. Angel MarJune 12, 2014 at 1:06 AM

    What beautiful flowering Ron. The flowers have a fantastic color. Congratulations on growing!

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    1. RonJune 12, 2014 at 5:58 AM

      Thanks very much, Angel. Appreciate the visit.

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  2. Naoki TakebayashiOctober 2, 2014 at 12:47 AM

    Beautiful, Ron! I'm struggling to keep this species alive. It's supposed to be one of the coolest growing Soph., what kind of temperature are you growing this species with? Any other special cares?

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    1. RonOctober 2, 2014 at 8:32 AM

      Hi Naoki. I grow this with my Masdevallias and New Guinea Dendrobiums, giving it quite high light like the Dendrobes (much more than the Masdevallias. As to temperature, it gets 55-70 in the winter and 60-75 in the summer. I grow it mounted and do not have any problem with it.

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    2. Naoki TakebayashiOctober 4, 2014 at 12:18 AM

      Thank you very much for the info, Ron! Mine was potted, but I mounted it a couple weeks ago. At first, I had it in 60-70F (which is similar to your summer), but I moved it to 50-66F. I'll watch it there for a while, and see if it makes difference.

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    3. RonOctober 6, 2014 at 1:48 PM

      Hope it does well for you, Naoki. Let me know how it goes.

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  3. Adriano ToméApril 10, 2016 at 8:42 PM

    Good afternoon.
    The very last photo is not a acuendis any, is a more difficult variety to be found, the variety "xantocheila" harder to find.
    Your photo is very beautiful and I took the liberty to use it on my website, but indicating that it was taken by you, I believe that so there will be no problem.
    It is a site with the function of esplicar and disseminate the species
    Grateful

    http://sophronitis.blogspot.com.br/

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