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Robiquetia gracilistipes, the large pouched orchid, is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid with pendulous stems and fragrant cream to brownish flowers with red spots. Grow it mounted or in a hanging basket with bright light and steady humidity, as it is a rainforest species.
Robiquetia gracilistipes, commonly known as large pouched orchid, is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid from the family Orchidaceae that forms large, hanging, straggly clumps. It has long, thick, roots, a single stem, many thick, leathery leaves and up to forty cream-coloured, pale green or brownish flowers with red spots and a three-lobed labellum. It grows on trees and rocks in rainforest, usually in bright light. It is found in Malesia including New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and tropical North Queensland, Australia.
Large pouched orchid grows on trees and rocks in rainforest, usually in strong light. It occurs in Malesia, including New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Queensland, Australia where it is found from the Iron Range to Ingham.
Robiquetia aberrans · Robiquetia bifida · Robiquetia cerina · Tiny-flowered Abdominea · Robiquetia pantherina · Robiquetia spathulata · Robiquetia succisa · Green pouched orchid · Pouched Orchids
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Robiquetia gracilistipes 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.
