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Pabstiella fusca

Pabstiella fusca
Photo: Edu from São Paulo, Brazil, CC BY 2.0

Pabstiella fusca is a small epiphytic orchid from southeastern and southern Brazil that grows on trees in humid forests. It needs bright, humid conditions and a loose, fast-draining growing medium.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Tree, Epiphyte, Perennial
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the mount or medium is nearly dry, and mist or water less in cool periods.
Soil
Epiphyte mix of bark, sphagnum or fern fiber on a mount, or a loose, airy orchid mix.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
SE. & S. Brazil
Climate
wet tropical

About

Pabstiella fusca is a species of perennial herb in the family Orchidaceae. The species is both epiphytic and cespitosic.

The species is native to southern parts of Brazil. It can be found in São Paulo, Rio Grande Do Sul, Santa Catarina, Cerrado, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, Minas Gerais, as well as the Atlantic Forest.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pabstiella fusca 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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