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Habenaria thomana

Habenaria thomana is a terrestrial orchid from wet tropical lowland forests of West-Central Africa, with a rhizomatous, bulb-like growth habit. It is rarely grown in cultivation and is threatened by habitat loss, so care guidance is general for tropical terrestrial orchids.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the growing medium evenly moist during active growth and reduce watering when the plant rests.
Soil
Loose, humus-rich, free-draining terrestrial orchid mix.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 15 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Gulf of Guinea Is., SW. Cameroon
Climate
wet tropical

About

Habenaria thomana is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (on the island of Bioko), and São Tomé Island. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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 thomana 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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