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Isochilus aurantiacus

Isochilus aurantiacus
Photo: Patricia Harding, CC BY-SA 3.0

Isochilus aurantiacus is a small epiphytic orchid from wet tropical forests of southern Mexico and Central America. It is rarely cultivated, and care is best based on its humid, shaded forest habitat.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the roots evenly moist during growth and let the top dry slightly between waterings; mist or water less in cool, dim conditions.
Soil
Open epiphyte mix of bark, perlite and sphagnum, or mounted on bark or wood.
Temperature
18-28 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Isochilus aurantiacus is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is native to Mexico (Chiapas), south into Central America.

Other Isochilus plants

Narrowleaf equallip orchid · Isochilus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Isochilus aurantiacus 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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