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Wight's Acampe

Acampe praemorsa

Wight's Acampe
Photo: Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0

Wight's Acampe is a small epiphytic orchid from tropical Asia that grows on tree trunks and branches. It is grown in warm, bright conditions with good air movement and a dry rest between flushes of growth.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water thoroughly when the mix is nearly dry, then let it drain; reduce watering during the dry season.
Soil
Free-draining orchid bark or mounted on cork or wood with minimal medium.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 13 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Acampe praemorsa is a species of monopodial orchid. It distributed in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma.

Other Acampe plants

Acampe pachyglossa · Banana Orchid · Acampe

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acampe praemorsa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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