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Chiloschista segawae is a leafless epiphytic orchid from southern Taiwan that grows on tree trunks, with flattened green photosynthetic roots and small whitish green or yellow flowers. It is a rare species best grown mounted on bark or in a very open orchid mix with good air movement.
Chiloschista segawae is a species of leafless epiphytic or orchid that forms clumps with many radiating, flattened green roots. Up to fifteen, whitish green or yellow flowers are arranged along a pendulous flowering stem. It grows on trees in forest on Taiwan.
Chiloschista segawae grows on the trunks of trees in the forests of southern Taiwan at altitudes of between 700 and 1,000 m (2,300 and 3,300 ft).
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chiloschista segawae 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.
