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Spathoglottis aurea is a yellow-flowered ground or epiphytic orchid from southeast Asia, grown mainly in the tropics and warm greenhouses. Its key to success is steady warmth, bright light and humid conditions with a rest period between growth cycles.
Spathoglottis aurea is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is an epiphyte with yellow flowers, and is native to south-east Asia. The species was described in 1850, and is listed in Appendix II of CITES.
Spathoglottis aurea is native to the wet tropical biome of Borneo, Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, New Guinea, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Thailand, and Vietnam. It grows at elevations of around 1,490 metres (4,890 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spathoglottis aurea 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.
