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Thunia

Thunia
Photo: Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0

Thunia is a genus of terrestrial and lithophytic orchids from Southeast Asia, with several species grown as ornamental plants, most notably Thunia alba (the snow orchid) and Thunia marshalliana. Grow them in bright conditions with a cool winter rest and moist growing season, using a free-draining orchid mix.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water freely while in active growth, then reduce sharply during the cool winter rest.
Soil
Free-draining orchid mix or fine bark with some sphagnum.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Thunia is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). It is now included in the subtribe Coelogyninae, but was previously treated as the only genus of the subtribe Thuniinae. The genus comprises several species, native to Southeast Asia. It is abbreviated Thu in trade journals.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thunia 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.

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