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Flasks of
Chysis bractescens 'Snowdrop' × self |
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Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plant: Temperature range W (70-90°F). Due to its large size and pendent habit, this plant needs to be mounted or in a basket in partial shade, kept moist during the growing season and allowed to rest during the winter.
Comments: Chysis bractescens is found in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize and is uncommonly seen. It is a deciduous plant with peculiar hanging cigar-shaped pseudobulbs up to 40+cm in length and 5 cm in width, with leaves up to 40 cm long. It blooms from a multi-floral inflorescence formed on the new growth in the spring, the waxy white flowers reaching 7-8 cm across. A large, interesting plant even when not in bloom.
Parent plant: This particular cultivar has snow white flowers and a tendency to put out two inflorescences per growth rather than the customary one. Large plant.
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of
Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.
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Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
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Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter: days average 81°F, nights 68°F; best fit is Warm-Intermediate 87-64°F
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Baker's Web OSC) |
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Winter: days average 75°F, nights 61°F; best fit is Cool-Intermediate 75-58°F
(Source:
Baker's Web OSC) |
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About the name...
| Etymology of |
bractescens |
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From Latin, with many bracts, with long bracts.
(Source:
Mayr & Schmucker 1998) |
| Etymology of |
Chysis |
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From Greek "chysis" melting. Refers to the fusing of the pollinia prior to the opening of the flowers in autogamous forms.
(Source:
Pridgeon 1992) |
| Pronunciation of |
bractescens |
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brak-TES-enz
(Source:
Hawkes 1978) |
| Pronunciation of |
Chysis |
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KYE-sis
(Source:
Hawkes 1978) |
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| Flask Information |
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We have sold all of the flasks for this item. |
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You may also place a "Notify Retries" Request, and if an identical pollination (the same parents) is done again, we'll let you know.
You may reserve a flask, but it's very unlikely you'll get one ...this could only happen if we found a flask that we didn't know we had. |
| Yield Estimate: |
150 plants (based on flask surveys done 02/26/2004 )
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| Plantlet Sizes: |
From many flasks 30 - 80 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 06/02/2004 through 06/14/2004)
From one most recently surveyed flask 30 - 70 mm (06/14/2004)
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The origin/habitat information below is supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker
The following information is based on the name of the plant provided by the donor, and assumes that the name is correct. If the plant has been misidentified, then the following information may not be correct.
This text is copyrighted by the Bakers and may not be reproduced without permission.
ORIGIN/HABITAT: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras and
Nicaragua. These widespread but uncommon plants are normally found on the
lower slopes of mountains facing the Gulf of Mexico or the Caribbean from
the State of Vera Cruz in Mexico southward to Nicaragua, but they have
also been reported from the Pacific-facing slopes in El Salvador. Plants
usually grow as epiphytes in wet mountain forests below 2800 ft. (850 m),
but the collection in Nicaragua was made at 4900 ft. (1500 m).
More about this information and the Bakers...
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