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Saccolabiopsis

Saccolabiopsis
Photo: Prasad, K. and Rao, B.R.P., CC BY 4.0

Saccolabiopsis, the pitcher orchids, is a genus of small epiphytic orchids with short stems, thin leaves and many small greenish fragrant flowers on an unbranched stalk. Most grow on trees in humid tropical and subtropical forests; the general care below applies to typical members grown as orchids.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the mix is nearly dry, allowing it to dry slightly between waterings, and keep the roots from sitting wet.
Soil
Fine bark or a mix suited to epiphytic orchids, with good drainage and air around the roots.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Saccolabiopsis, commonly known as pitcher orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are small epiphytes with short, fibrous stems, smooth, thin roots, a few thin, oblong to lance-shaped leaves in two ranks and large numbers of small green flowers on an unbranched flowering stem. There are about fifteen species found from the eastern Himalayas to the south-west Pacific.

Where it grows

Species of Saccolabiopsis are found in the eastern Himalayas, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Malesia, Papuasia, Fiji and Queensland, Australia where two species are endemic.

Other Saccolabiopsis plants

Spotted pitcher orchid · Tiny pitcher orchid

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Saccolabiopsis 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.

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