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Afropectinariella

Afropectinariella
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY 2.5

Afropectinariella is a small genus of epiphytic orchids from tropical West and West-Central Africa, with four species moved from Angraecum. Little is known about their cultivation, so growers should treat them as tropical epiphytic orchids needing bright light, humidity and airy mounting.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the medium or roots are nearly dry, and reduce in cooler months.
Soil
Bark, sphagnum or mount on cork or wood with good airflow.
Temperature
18-28 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard

About

Afropectinariella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. All four of its current species were moved from the genus Angraecum.

Its native range is Western and Western Central Tropical Africa.

Other Afropectinariella plants

Afropectinariella doratophylla · Afropectinariella gabonensis · Afropectinariella pungens · Afropectinariella subulata · Angraecum atlanticum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Afropectinariella 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.

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