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Acriopsis javanica

Acriopsis javanica
Photo: Lewis Roberts, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Orchid
Water
Likes moisture

About

Acriopsis javanica is a species of orchid that is native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, some Pacific islands and northern Australia. It is a clump-forming epiphyte with dark green leaves and curved, branching flower stems with many white and cream-coloured flowers with purple markings.

Where it grows

Acriopsis javanica mainly grows in rainforest and coastal swamp forest, sometimes on Melaleuca leucadendron and Pandanus species. It is found from Vietnam to New Guinea, including Singapore, Indonesia and som Pacific Islands and on the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, as far south as the Daintree River.

Other Acriopsis plants

Pale chandelier orchid · Acriopsis indica · Acriopsis liliifolia · Acriopsis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acriopsis javanica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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