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Orchid Of The Sacred Sleep

Aerides quinquevulnera

Orchid Of The Sacred Sleep
Photo: Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.), Public domain

Aerides quinquevulnera is an epiphytic orchid from the Philippines that grows on tree branches in humid tropical forest. It needs bright, humid conditions with good air movement and a mounted or airy growing medium.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water thoroughly when the medium is nearly dry, then let it drain; reduce in cooler months.
Soil
Epiphytic orchid mix of bark or tree fern with good drainage, or mount on a slab.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Philippines
Climate
wet tropical

About

Aerides quinquevulnera is a species of orchid found in the Philippines and in New Guinea.

Other Aerides plants

Aerides augustiana · Curled Aerides · Aerides emericii · Aerides falcata · Aerides houlletiana · Aerides inflexa · Lady Lawrence Aerides Orchid · Aerides leeana · Fox Brush Orchid · Multi-flowered Aerides · Aerides odorata · Aerides orthocentra

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aerides quinquevulnera 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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