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Ponthieva petiolata

Ponthieva petiolata is a small terrestrial orchid from Cuba and the Lesser Antilles, usually grown as a warm, humid, shade-loving orchid. Its key to success is steady moisture and shade without waterlogged roots.

Family

Orchidaceae (Orchid family)

Grows as

Orchid

Light

Shade, Part shade

Water

Keep the medium evenly moist while growing and reduce slightly when resting, without letting it dry out fully or sit wet.

Soil

Fine, free-draining mix such as fine bark with peat or sphagnum, or a terrestrial orchid mix.

Temperature

18–30 °C; protect below 15 °C

How easy

Moderate

Native range

Cuba, Lesser Antilles

Climate

wet tropical

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ponthieva petiolata 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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