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Habenaria obovata

Habenaria obovata is a terrestrial tuberous orchid from Cameroon, grown mainly by specialist orchid enthusiasts rather than as a common houseplant. It needs a seasonal dry rest period and a growing season with warm, moist conditions.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water freely while growing, then keep nearly dry during the dormant period.
Soil
Well-drained terrestrial orchid mix with some organic matter and grit.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Cameroon
Climate
wet tropical

About

Habenaria obovata is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

Other Habenaria plants

Rarotonga ground-orchid · 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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Habenaria obovata 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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