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Restrepia aspasicensis

Restrepia aspasicensis
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0

Restrepia aspasicensis is a small epiphytic orchid from the cool, wet cloud forests of northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. It grows best cool, humid and shaded, mounted or in a fine-bark pot.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Shade, Part shade
Water
Keep the medium evenly moist but never soggy; water more in growth and let the surface dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Fine-grade bark or sphagnum moss mix, or mount on cork or a tree fern slab.
Temperature
12–22 °C; tolerates cool nights; protect below 8 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
NE. Colombia to NW. & N. Venezuela
Climate
wet tropical

About

Restrepia aspasicensium is a species of orchid occurring from Colombia to northwestern Venezuela.

Other Restrepia plants

Restrepia aberrans · Antennae-carrying Restrepia · Restrepia archilarum · Restrepia aristulifera · Short-column foot Restrepia · Restrepia chameleon · Restrepia chocoensis · Restrepia chrysoglossa · Restrepia citrina · Restrepia cloesii · Restrepia cobanensis · Restrepia condorensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Restrepia aspasicensium 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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