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Crepidium rheedei

Crepidium rheedei is a small terrestrial orchid from the wet tropics of western and central Malesia, grown mainly by orchid enthusiasts rather than as a common houseplant. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte, so it benefits from a defined dry rest period between growth cycles.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the medium evenly moist during active growth and reduce water during the dormant period.
Soil
Free-draining orchid or terrestrial mix with good organic content.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 15 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. & C. Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Crepidium rheedei is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to Borneo, Java, Peninsular Malaysia and the Philippines. It was first described by Carl Ludwig Blume in 1825.

Other Crepidium plants

Crepidium binabayense · Crepidium dentatum · Crepidium elegans · Fringed spur orchid · Dienia flavovirens · Yellow spur orchid · Small spur orchid · Pouched spur orchid · Crepidium quadridentatum · Crepidium quadrilobum · Crepidium ramosii · Crepidium tjiwideiense

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crepidium rheedei 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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