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Rarotonga ground-orchid

Habenaria amplifolia

Rarotonga ground-orchid
Photo: John Game, CC BY 2.0

Habenaria amplifolia, the Rarotonga ground-orchid, is a tuberous terrestrial orchid endemic to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, growing in inland valley bottoms and terraces. It is seriously endangered, so it is not a plant for home cultivation and should be left in the wild.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the growing medium evenly moist during the growing season and reduce watering while the plant is dormant.
Soil
Humus-rich, free-draining terrestrial mix.
Temperature
18-28 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Cook Is. (Rarotonga)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Habenaria amplifolia is a species of orchid also called the Rarotonga ground-orchid. It is endemic to Rarotonga, growing in inland valley-bottoms and terraces. It is considered to be seriously endangered by the Cook Islands Government.

Other Habenaria plants

Habenaria batesii · Green-hooded rein orchid · Doll orchid · Habenaria delavayi · Big White Egret Flower · Hammock bog orchid · White rein orchid · Small rein orchid · Wispy rein orchid · Habenaria fargesii · Yellow rein orchid · Habenaria finetiana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Habenaria amplifolia 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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