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Galeottiella

Galeottiella
Photo: (c) Erick Vélez Sánchez, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0

Galeottiella is a small genus of terrestrial orchids from the mountains of Mexico and Guatemala, with two known species. It is rarely grown in cultivation, so care guidance is general orchid-based and should be checked against the specific species.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the top of the potting mix begins to dry, and reduce watering while the plant is dormant.
Soil
Fast-draining orchid or terrestrial mix that holds some moisture.
Temperature
15–25 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard

About

Galeottiella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Traditionally it had been included in subtribe Spiranthinae, but following molecular phylogenetic and morphological studies it is now placed in a subtribe on its own, Galeottiellinae.

Galeottiella is native to the mountain ranges of Mexico and adjacent Guatemala. It includes two known species (as of June 2014):

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Galeottiella 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.

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