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Aeranthes ramosa

Aeranthes ramosa
Photo: Cogniaux, Alfred; Goossens, Alphonse, Public domain

Aeranthes ramosa is a branching epiphytic orchid from northern and central Madagascar that grows on tree trunks and branches in humid forest. It is grown by orchid enthusiasts who give it bright light, humidity and airy mounting.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly when the mount or medium is drying, and reduce slightly in winter, avoiding water sitting in the crown.
Soil
Mount on bark, cork or tree fern, or grow in a very open orchid bark mix.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NC. & C. Madagascar
Climate
wet tropical

About

Aeranthes ramosa is a species of orchid native to Madagascar.

Other Aeranthes plants

Aeranthes adenopoda · Aeranthes aemula · Aeranthes albidiflora · Aeranthes antennophora · Aeranthes arachnites · Aeranthes carnosa · Aeranthes ecalcarata · Aeranthes grandiflora · Aeranthes

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aeranthes ramosa 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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