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Koellensteinia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is named by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach for the Captain Carl Kellner von Koellenstein, an Austrian military officer and a botanical correspondent of Reichenbach.
Require intermediate conditions, moderate shade, and high humidity. The plants can be grown potted in a free-draining bark mixture and should not be allowed to dry out completely for any length of time.
The genus contains about 19 species native to South America, Belize, Trinidad, and Puerto Rico. Terrestrial or epiphytic plants found in low to mid elevation, hill and mountain forests.
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