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Specklinia grobyi

Specklinia grobyi
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0

Specklinia grobyi is a small epiphytic orchid from Central and northern South America that grows on tree branches in humid forest. It is a tiny, cool-to-warm, shade-tolerant orchid best grown mounted or in fine bark with frequent misting or humidity.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water when the mount or bark is nearly dry, and keep it humid between waterings; avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Mount on cork or tree fern, or grow in fine bark or sphagnum mix with good drainage.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Specklinia grobyi is a species of orchid broadly distributed from southern Mexico through most of northern South America. It was formerly placed in the genera Humboltia, Lepanthes, Pabstiella, and Pleurothallis.

Other Specklinia plants

Specklinia viridiflora · Specklinia acrisepala · Specklinia alexii · Specklinia alta · Specklinia areldii · Specklinia barbae · Specklinia barbosana · Specklinia blancoi · Specklinia brighamella · Specklinia brighamii · Specklinia cactantha · Specklinia calderae

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Specklinia grobyi 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.

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