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Myoxanthus exasperatus

Myoxanthus exasperatus
Photo: Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0

Myoxanthus exasperatus is a small epiphytic orchid from wet tropical forests of Central and tropical South America, rarely grown in cultivation. It is best treated like other humid-forest epiphytic orchids, with bright filtered light and steady moisture.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the potting medium or mount begins to dry, and avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Fast-draining orchid bark or a mount with good air flow.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
C. America to Suriname and Peru
Climate
wet tropical

About

Myoxanthus exasperatus is a species of orchid native to Central America and tropical South America.

Other Myoxanthus plants

Myoxanthus cereus · Myoxanthus congestus · Myoxanthus fimbriatus · Myoxanthus lonchophyllus · Myoxanthus octomerioides · Myoxanthus punctatus · Myoxanthus reymondii · Myoxanthus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myoxanthus exasperatus 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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