Orchid Pomba (elastic perterism) | Flores blog

Nome Científico: Peristeria elata
Nomes Populares: Orquídea pomba, Orquídea-dove, 
Orquídea-do-espírito-santo, Divino-espírito-santo, 
Flor-do-divino-espírito-santo
Família: Orchidaceae
Categoria: Flores, Orquídeas
Clima: Equatorial, Tropical
Origem: América Central, América do Sul, 
Colômbia, Costa Rica, Equador, Panamá
Altura: 0.9 a 1.8 metros
Luminosidade: Luz Difusa, Meia Sombra
Ciclo de Vida: Perene

About the orchid pump

A Colomba di Orchidea It is originally from the mountainous regions of Central America and north -western South America, but mainly from Panama, where it is the flower of the national symbol.

It lives in places more than a thousand meters above sea level, preferring forest areas, with rich substrates, which can be old trunks of trees, covered by moss and other epiphytes, or directly at the ground level, but always in places with abundant organic matter in decomposition.

Peristoria, the name of this kind is a word of Greek origin: peristers, which means «small dove» or «dove», in reference to the format of the lip of this plant, which recalls this bird.

This orchid receives the nickname of the Holy Spirit because its flowering usually occurs at the time of Pentecost, which is one of the most important celebrations of the Christian calendar.

In addition, its white flowers have the shape of a small pigeon and, therefore, it is also known as orchid where.

It should be grown under half shadow or diffuse light, without the direct sun in the hottest hours of the day.

In winter, light can increase, which seems to favor its flowering.

Enjoy environmental humidity, very warm and frequent irrigation, without soaking. He likes the mixed substrates, between epiphity materials such as breakdown and cortex of pine and terrestrial materials such as crushed stone, peat and sand.

The flowers of the dove of orchid

It has ovoid pseudobulbs, about 12 centimeters high, elongated and four large leaves each, folded.

The inflorescence stands at the base of the pseudobulbs, with a long and strong rod and from 4 to 12 flowers.

With very similar petals and sepals, fleshy, concave and a color in white ivory, they form a perfect wrapper for the label, dotted with purple, which has a very peculiar shape, for example a small dove of open wings, which earned the distinct popular names, of the Orchide Colomba and Santo, for example.

The dove orchid can take two to five years to flourish and its flowering lasts about thirty days.

The plant can reach one meter and a high sixty, and its long stems can have four or twelve sprouts at a time.

The peristant white orchid is another kind of orchid among the over thirty -in thousands of species of orchids cataloged in the world and this number increases alone.

Each species has unique characteristics and, in addition to being perfect flowers for decoration, orchids are faithful companions who provide a lot of joy to those who cultivate them!

Currently orchid is a flower associated with female sexuality and beauty.

For this reason, popular orchid tattoos are more common in women. Orchid can have various meanings, desire, love, spiritual purity, lust, perfection, strength, luxury, beauty, etc.

Orchid in medicine

Ancient relationships describe beliefs about the medicinal and mystical properties of orchids.

To have power and vigor, the Aztecs would ingest a mixture of chocolate orchids.

In China, people ate flowers because they believed they could treat respiratory diseases.

This orchid is in the list of plants that should be protected according to the Washington Convention (Convention on International Commerce of Fauna and Flora Selvagens threatened of extinction).

Tip – Note the color of the foliage. If it is dark, the position orchid changes. The more contact with the light, the more it will bloom.