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Angraecopsis parva

Angraecopsis parva is a tiny epiphytic orchid from southwestern Tanzania and northern Malawi, notable for having one of the smallest flowers of any orchid, under 1 mm wide. It is rarely grown in cultivation, so care is inferred from its native seasonally dry tropical habitat.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the roots and mount begin to dry, and let it dry out somewhat between waterings, reducing water during the dry season.
Soil
Mount on bark, cork or tree fern with minimal medium, since it grows epiphytically.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Tanzania to N. Malawi
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Angraecopsis parva (syn. Holmesia parva) is an orchid (family Orchidaceae) native to Tanzania and Malawi. It bears the second smallest flower of any orchid, not over 1 mm in width. Only Campylocentrum insulare is smaller.

Other Angraecopsis plants

Orchid · Angraecopsis dolabriformis · Angraecopsis gracillima · Angraecopsis tridens · Angraecopsis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Angraecopsis parva 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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