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Warczewiczella amazonica

Warczewiczella amazonica
Photo: Ryan Dean, CC BY-SA 4.0

Warczewiczella amazonica is an epiphytic orchid from wet tropical forests of western South America, grown by collectors for its fragrant flowers. It needs warm, humid, bright but filtered conditions and a loose, airy mount or pot.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water thoroughly when the medium starts to dry, and let it dry slightly between waterings; avoid water sitting in the growths.
Soil
Coarse orchid bark or sphagnum moss in a well-draining pot or basket, or mounted on wood.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. South America to N. Brazil
Climate
wet tropical

About

Warczewiczella amazonica is a species of orchid native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil.

Other Warczewiczella plants

Warczewiczella discolor · Warczewiczella marginata · Warczewiczella

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Warczewiczella amazonica 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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