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Stanhopea tigrina

Stanhopea tigrina
Photo: Chhe (talk), Public domain

Stanhopea tigrina is a Mexican epiphytic orchid that grows on tree branches and produces large, fragrant, tiger-patterned flowers from pseudobulbs. It needs good air movement, bright shade, and a period of drier rest to flower well.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Bulb
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water freely while actively growing, then reduce sharply during the dry rest period so the pseudobulbs do not shrivel or rot.
Soil
Open, fast-draining epiphyte mix of bark, sphagnum or tree fern, or mounted on a slab.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Stanhopea tigrina is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to Mexico.

Other Stanhopea plants

Stanhopea anfracta · Stanhopea annulata · Stanhopea avicula · Snow White Stanhopea · Stanhopea cirrhata · Stanhopea connata · Stanhopea costaricensis · Stanhopea ecornuta · Stanhopea embreei · Stanhopea florida · Stanhopea frymirei · Stanhopea gibbosa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stanhopea tigrina 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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