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Epidendrum polyanthum

Epidendrum polyanthum
Photo: Miss Drake (del.) - M. Gauci (lith.), Public domain

Epidendrum polyanthum is an epiphytic orchid from Mexico to Honduras that grows on trees in seasonally dry tropical forest, producing many small flowers on a long inflorescence. It is grown in cultivation as a warm-climate orchid and needs bright light, a dry rest period, and a well-drained, airy mount or pot.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Tree, Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water well when the medium begins to dry during the growing season, then reduce watering during the dry rest period.
Soil
Coarse, fast-draining orchid bark or mounted on wood or cork.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico to Honduras
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Epidendrum polyanthum (gloss: "many flowers upon a tree") is a species of orchid in the genus Epidendrum.

Other Epidendrum plants

Epidendrum adenoglossum · Epidendrum alpicola · Epidendrum alsum · Epidendrum amictum · Brown-flower butterfly orchid · Epidendrum apaganoides · Epidendrum armeniacum · Epidendrum bambusiforme · Funky Orchid · Epidendrum brachyglossum · Epidendrum brevivenium · Beautiful Blooming Epidendrum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Epidendrum polyanthum 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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