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Pinalia floribunda

Pinalia floribunda
Photo: Miss Drake (1803-1857) del. , G. Barclay sc., Public domain

Pinalia floribunda is a small to medium epiphytic orchid from montane forests of Southeast Asia, growing on large trees near streams at 500 to 2400 m. Keep it cool-to-warm, humid and well ventilated, with light watering that dries slightly between sessions.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Tree, Epiphyte, Bulb
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the mix is nearly dry, and keep the pseudobulbs from sitting in water.
Soil
Open epiphytic orchid mix of bark chips with some perlite or charcoal.
Temperature
12–24 °C; protect below 8 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Indo-China to W. & C. Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Pinalia floribunda is a species of orchid found in Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines in montane forests at elevations of 500 to 2400 meters above sea level. It is a small to medium-sized, warm-to-cold growing epiphyte found on large trees along streams. It has erect, stem-like, narrow ellipsoid pseudo-bulbs carrying soft leaves that flower in the spring.

Other Pinalia plants

Pinalia affinis · Pinalia acutifolia · Pinalia amica · Pinalia bractescens · Pinalia chrysocardium · Pinalia elata · Common fuzz orchid · Pinalia multiflora · Pinalia ovata · Pinalia polyura · Lily Of The Valley Orchid · Pinalia tenuiflora

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pinalia floribunda 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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