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Robiquetia wassellii
Green pouched orchid is a small epiphytic or lithophytic orchid that grows on tree trunks and rocks in humid tropical rainforest. The key to growing it is to mount it or pot it loosely in an airy medium and keep it humid and shaded, with a rest-free, steady moisture supply.
Robiquetia wassellii, commonly known as green pouched orchid, is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid from the family Orchidaceae. It has thick roots, a pendulous stem, between three and six crowded, dark green leaves and many crowded dark green flowers with pink to red centres and a white to yellowish labellum. It grows on trees and rocks in rainforest in tropical North Queensland, Australia.
Green pouched orchid grows on trees and boulders in humid rainforest in the Iron and McIlwraith Ranges.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Robiquetia wassellii 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.
