Sedirea Japonica
$20.00 – $60.00
Sedirea Japonica
Found in Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, Korea and western Yunnan and Zhejiang provinces of China in open subtropical forests or cliffs along valleys at elevations of 600 to 1400 meters as a small sized, cool to cold growing species with a monopodial, very short stem carrying 5 to 8, narrowly elliptic to strap shaped, obtuse at the obscurely bilobed apex leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a 7.2″ [18 cm] long, curved, successively 6 to 10 flowered inflorescence.
Adult plants branch freely and produce a number of inflorescences simultaneously. The orchid has many greenish white, sweetly lemon to ginger scented flowers with purple bars on the lip.
This species needs to be mounted or potted in a course, fast draining medium and given cool to cold temperatures, high humidity, semi-shade, and good air circulation.