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Restrepia is a genus of about 50 species that have been very popular in recent years because of their charm, but mostly because of their tolerance of low temperatures.
I have tried several species, but my experience with them has not been good. They persist well in cool conditions but do not survive the winter in a cold greenhouse, dropping their leaves
when it gets cold and not regrowing when it warms up. I have tried Restrepia brachypus several times but it does noit survive in the greenhouse. Travaldo's Blog says: "Restrepia brachypus is native to Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. In Colombia, these plants meet in many locations both on the eastern and western side of the Cordilleras, usually at an altitude of 1500-2500 m. They are also found in numerous sites in Ecuador, mainly on the eastern side of the Andes, at an altitude of 1500 -3200 m. In Venezuela, these plants were found only near Mérida, at an altitude of 1980 m. In Peru and Bolivia, the plants were met only on individual sites. In Peru, they were encountered in the Huánuco department. In Bolivia, they were met in a wet forest northeast of Cochabamba, at an altitude of about 1800 m. It is a miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte, which reaching a height of 9-24 cm, with erect, 5-16 cm long ramicauls enveloped completely by several inflated sheaths and carrying a single, apical, broadly elliptical, 4-8 cm long leaf." I have more-or-less given up on the genus. |
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| 4th April 2010 | ||
