Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Sophronitis acuensis
Sophronitis acuensis is from Brazil, as are all the species in the genus Sophronitis. It has recently beeen reclassified as Cattleya acuensis, 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 piece of cedar shingle and receives very high light. Like the other Sophronitis species
it prefers cooler temperatures.
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It's gorgeous Ron! I have a very small, 4 growths plant which bloomed for the first time last year. I set a pod on it, harvested it some weeks ago, and now I see the plant is spiking again on its 5th, new growth. amazing!
ReplyDeleteSounds like yours is doing better than mine, Laurent. I remounted it last fall and that seemed to slow it down. Only one bloom instead of two as the last time.
Deletewell, mine is doing good, surely, but very slowly so. maximum one growth per year, sometimes no growth. Slowly, but surely... :-)
DeleteThat's about what I'm getting, though it does have two leads and did have two flowers last year.
DeleteBeautiful species and photographs as per usual Ron!
ReplyDeleteDo you give your sophronitis a rest some time of the year (watering, temperatures?). I can't seem to find the right conditions for my S. cernua and S. alagoensis. My S. coccinea blooms freely in my terrarium, but nothing for the other 2 species...
I don't give it any rest or any different treatment. Is it possible that slightly warmer temps might help with the two species?
DeleteIt's a beauty, such a vivid color and your photos are superb showing the flower in full glory. I've got one plant and for the past couple of years I've been looking at it and it looks back at me, but nothing happens but I live in hope, in the mean time I can always admire yours.
ReplyDeleteHope you get yours to bloom. Maybe more light?
DeleteWow I love this flower and its colors! My aunt has one and it is about the same size!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting and for your comments. It's a sp3ectacular species isn't it?
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