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Renanthera monachica

Renanthera monachica
Photo: Elena Gaillard from New York, USA, CC BY 2.0

Renanthera monachica is a scrambling epiphytic orchid from Luzon in the Philippines, grown for its spotted yellow and red flowers. It needs bright light, warmth and humidity, and a free-draining mount or basket.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the roots and medium begin to dry, allowing a brief dry-down between waterings.
Soil
Epiphytic: mount on cork or tree fern, or use a coarse bark mix in an open basket.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Philippines (Luzon)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Renanthera monachica is a species of orchid endemic to the Philippines. It has a yellow base and red spots.

Other Renanthera plants

Renanthera bella · Renanthera caloptera · Renanthera coccinea · Renanthera imschootiana · Early blooming Renanthera · Renanthera storiei · Renanthera

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Renanthera monachica 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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