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Elleanthus aurantiacus
Orange Elleanthus is an epiphytic orchid that grows as a small shrub with repeated branching, unusual among orchids. It thrives in wet tropical conditions with humid air and bright, filtered light.
Ellianthus aurantiacus is an orchid (family Orchidaceae) native from Costa Rica to Peru. It is unique among orchids in being a shrub with repeated orders of branching. The plant gets about three feet (0.9 meters) in height and not quite as wide.
The species was described in 1863 by the botanist Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach as a part of the Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers work Annales Botanices Systematicae. The basionym is Evelyna aurantiaca as described by John Lindley in 1845.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Elleanthus aurantiacus 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.
