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Acianthera yauaperyensis

Acianthera yauaperyensis
Photo: Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0

Acianthera yauaperyensis is a small epiphytic orchid from wet tropical forests of northern South America. Grow it mounted or in an airy orchid mix with bright, filtered light and steady humidity.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the medium starts to dry, and avoid letting water sit in the growing tips.
Soil
Fine bark or sphagnum on a mount or in a small pot of airy orchid mix.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Trinidad to N. Brazil
Climate
wet tropical

About

Acianthera yauaperyensis is a species of orchid.

Other Acianthera plants

Acianthera aberrans · Acianthera aculeata · Acianthera adamantinensis · Acianthera aechme · Acianthera agathophylla · Acianthera alainii · Acianthera albopurpurea · Acianthera amaralii · Acianthera angustifolia · Acianthera angustisepala · Acianthera antennata · Acianthera aphthosa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acianthera yauaperyensis 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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