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Bryobium irukandjianum
Small urchin orchid is a tiny clump-forming epiphytic orchid with small fleshy pseudobulbs and minute whitish to dull pink flowers, native only to tropical North Queensland. Key to growing it is humid, shaded, well-drained conditions on a mount or in a fine bark pot.
Bryobium irukandjianum, commonly known as small urchin orchid, is an epiphytic or lithophytic clump-forming orchid that has small, fleshy green pseudobulbs, each with two or three leaves and between seven and twelve small, short-lived, whitish to dull pink flowers. This orchid only occurs in tropical North Queensland.
Bryobium irukandjianum mostly grows on the upper branches of trees in humid situations. It is found in Queensland between the McIlwraith Range and the Atherton Tableland.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bryobium irukandjianum 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.
