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Scuticaria itirapinensis

Scuticaria itirapinensis
Photo: Marcos Antonio Campacci, CC BY-SA 4.0

Scuticaria itirapinensis is an epiphytic orchid from Brazil (São Paulo state), now transferred to the genus Bifrenaria in 2024. It is grown as a warm, bright orchid in cultivation, and it is best treated like its close relatives in Bifrenaria.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water thoroughly when the medium is nearly dry, and let the pseudobulbs stay slightly drier in winter.
Soil
Free-draining epiphytic orchid mix of bark or similar, with good airflow.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Scuticaria itirapinensis is a species of orchid endemic to Brazil (São Paulo). In 2024, Meneguzzo and M.W.Chase transferred the species to the genus Bifrenaria.

Other Scuticaria plants

Scuticaria hadwenii · Scuticaria irwiniana · Scuticaria novaesii · Scuticaria salesiana · Scuticaria steelei · Scuticaria strictifolia · Scuticaria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scuticaria itirapinensis 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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