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Specklinia stillsonii

Specklinia stillsonii is a small epiphytic orchid from the Massif de la Hotte in southwestern Haiti, where it grows on trees in wet tropical forest. Little is documented about its cultivation, so treat its care as that of a humid-forest miniature orchid.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the mounting medium or roots begin to dry, keeping the plant moist but never soggy.
Soil
Mount on bark or tree fern, or grow in a fine bark-based orchid mix with good drainage.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 13 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Haiti (Massif de la Hotte)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Specklinia stillsonii is a species of orchid plant native to Haiti. It is endemic to the Massif de la Hotte in southwestern Haiti.

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 stillsonii 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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