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Cyrtopodium parviflorum

Cyrtopodium parviflorum
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0

Cyrtopodium parviflorum is a pseudobulbous terrestrial orchid native to Trinidad and parts of tropical South America. Grow it in a warm, humid spot with bright light and a free-draining, moisture-retentive medium, letting it dry a little between waterings.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water freely during the growing season and reduce sharply after the pseudobulbs mature, keeping the roots from sitting wet.
Soil
Coarse, free-draining orchid mix or a terrestrial mix with bark and perlite.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 13 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Trinidad to S. Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Cyrtopodium parviflorum is a species of orchid. It is native to Trinidad and to South America (Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia and the Guianas).

Other Cyrtopodium plants

Cyrtopodium aliciae · Anderson's Orchid · Cyrtopodium cristatum · Cyrtopodium hatschbachii · Cyrtopodium longibulbosum · Cyrtopodium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyrtopodium parviflorum 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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