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Andreettaea zephyrina is a small epiphytic orchid from humid tropical montane forests of the northern Andes. It is a cool-growing orchid that needs bright, humid conditions with good air movement and a mounted or loosely potted setup.
Andreettaea zephyrina is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family. It is an epiphyte native to humid tropical montane forests in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northwestern Venezuela. In Colombia it is native to the Andes and Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta from 1500 to 2800 meters elevation in the departments of Antioquia, Bogotá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, and Santander.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Andreettaea zephyrina 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.
