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Miltonia flavescens

Miltonia flavescens
Photo: Miriam Santucho, Public domain

Miltonia flavescens is a pseudobulbous epiphytic orchid from South America, grown for its pale yellow flowers. It does best with bright, filtered light, airy mounting and regular watering while in growth, with a drier rest after flowering.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water freely while actively growing, then reduce after pseudobulbs mature and let the mix dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Loose epiphytic orchid mix such as bark or sphagnum, or mounted on cork or tree fern.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Miltonia flavescens, the yellowish miltonia, is a species of orchid occurring in southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and Paraguay, and has been reported from eastern Peru.

Other Miltonia plants

Miltonia candida · Clowes' Miltonia · Wedge-shaped Miltonia · Miltonia flava · Miltonia moreliana · Miltonia phymatochila · Regnell's Miltonia · Miltonia russelliana · Miltonia spectabilis · Pansy orchids

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Miltonia flavescens 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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