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Afropectinariella subulata

Afropectinariella subulata
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY 2.5

Afropectinariella subulata is a small epiphytic orchid from wet lowland forests of West and Central Africa, growing on branches of tall trees and in swampy forest. It is a rarely cultivated wild species, so it is best kept as a humid, shaded epiphyte in a warm, moist greenhouse.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Shrub, Epiphyte
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the roots evenly moist and never soggy, watering more often in growth and less in cool periods.
Soil
Open, fast-draining epiphytic mix such as bark chips with some perlite or sphagnum.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
W. & WC. Trop. Africa
Climate
wet tropical

About

Afropectinariella subulata is a species of Afropectinariella that can be found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. This species is found in lowland forests, especially those rich in Caesalpinioideae between 50 and 700 m (160 and 2,300 ft) elevation. It occurs in periodically inundated swampy forests with Raphia, Pandanus and Marantaceae, and on calcareous rock in shrubby vegetation. It has been recorded on high shaded branches of Gilbertiodendron dewevrei.

Other Afropectinariella plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Afropectinariella subulata 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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