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Gastrochilus kadooriei is a small epiphytic orchid from Indo-China, recently described from Hong Kong, and grown mainly by orchid specialists. Like most Gastrochilus, it needs bright shade, humid air and a loose mount or open mix that dries between waterings.
Gastrochilus kadooriei is a species of Gastrochilus. published in the journal Phytotaxa on 4 April 2014. This species is endemic to Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot and distributed in China, Laos and Vietnam. This was recently discovered in Hong Kong and has been named after Sir Horace Kadoorie.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gastrochilus kadooriei 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.
