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Anguloa ×ruckeri is a natural hybrid orchid, thought to be a cross between Anguloa clowesii and Anguloa hohenlohii, found in northern South America. Like other Anguloa orchids it is a cool-growing, showy epiphyte best grown in a humid, shaded spot with good airflow.
Anguloa × ruckeri is an orchid in the subfamily Epidendroideae that occurs from northeast Colombia to northwest Venezuela and northern Peru. It is considered to be a natural hybrid between Anguloa clowesii and Anguloa hohenlohii.
The species is considered to have the smallest seeds of any flowering plant, with a weight of ~0.4 μg.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anguloa × ruckeri 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.
