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Apostasia nuda, the Grass Orchid, is a small terrestrial orchid from humid tropical forest undergrowth in Southeast and South Asia, with grass-like leaves and tiny pale flowers. It is grown mainly by specialist collectors and needs steady warmth, humidity and shade.
Apostasia nuda, or Grass Orchid, is a terrestrial orchid within the Orchidaceae family and the Apostasioideae subfamily. Most commonly found in the Mainland and Islands of Southeast Asia, this species remains native to Singapore. This perennial growing shrub is considered “critically endangered” in regions of Singapore due to deforestation and environmental pressures.
Apostasia nuda is distributed across tropical South and Southeast Asia, where it flourishes in the forest undergrowths and outskirts, sometimes rarely blooming in open grassy areas with well drained soils.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Apostasia nuda 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.
