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Prosthechea

Prosthechea vespa

Author (Vell.) W.E.Higgins

Species
Simple World Map Author: Al MacDonald Editor: Fritz Lekschas License: CC BY-SA 3.0 ID: ISO 3166-1 or "_[a-zA-Z]" if an ISO code is not available
Found in 17 countries
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Care and culture for Prosthechea vespa Photos and growing information from the Orchid Species Encyclopedia

Growing conditions

Warm Temperature class
15–2,400m Elevation
9°C Day/night drop
1,783mm Annual rainfall
Year-round Rainfall pattern

Temperature

3°S Southern Hemisphere
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec8°13°18°23°28°33°
Day high Night low Range across populations

Rainfall

1,783mm/year
0100200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmm
Jan 28° 25–30 18° 15–21 179mm
Feb 28° 25–30 18° 15–21 159mm
Mar 28° 25–30 19° 15–21 165mm
Apr 28° 24–30 18° 14–21 157mm
May 27° 23–30 18° 13–21 169mm
Jun 26° 22–30 17° 12–20 134mm
Jul 26° 22–30 16° 11–20 102mm
Aug 27° 23–31 17° 12–20 104mm
Sep 27° 23–31 17° 13–20 115mm
Oct 27° 24–32 18° 14–21 152mm
Nov 27° 24–31 18° 15–21 172mm
Dec 27° 24–31 18° 15–21 175mm

Seasons are reversed for Northern Hemisphere growers.

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Based on 12 Prosthechea awards. Showing genus-level data.

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Synonyms

Anacheilium vespaEncyclia vespaEpidendrum vespa

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