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Andreettaea cabellensis

Andreettaea cabellensis is an epiphytic orchid from the northern Andes of eastern Colombia and western Venezuela, growing on trees at about 1500 to 1800 m. Grow it like other cool-montane epiphytic orchids: bright filtered light, airy mounting and regular watering without waterlogging.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the medium or mount is nearly dry, and mist or soak lightly; never leave roots sitting wet.
Soil
Epiphytic orchid mix of bark and perlite, or mount on bark or cork with moss.
Temperature
15–26 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Colombia to W. Venezuela
Climate
wet tropical

About

Andreettaea cabellensis is a species of orchid. It is an epiphyte native to eastern Colombia and western Venezuela, where it grows in the northern Andes from 1500 to 1800 meters elevation.

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Forest Bonnet Orchid · Andreettaea catoxys · Andreettaea cestrochila · Andreettaea claviculata · Andreettaea perangusta · Andreettaea quinqueseta · Andreettaea samacensis · Andreettaea segregatifolia · Andreettaea tsubotae · Andreettaea zephyrina · Andreettaea furcatipetala

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Andreettaea cabellensis 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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