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Smithsonia viridiflora
Green smithsonia is a small epiphytic orchid from the Western Ghats of India, with greenish flowers. It needs humid, shaded conditions and a mounted or loosely potted growing medium with good air flow.
Smithsonia viridiflora, commonly known as the green smithsonia, is an epiphytic orchid native to the Western Ghats of Karnataka and Maharashtra. It is 3–10 cm (1.2–3.9 in) long with light fluorescent green color petals and a distinguishable lip like other Smithsonia species.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Smithsonia viridiflora 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.
