Calanthe sylvatica
Calanthe sylvatica
- Native to:
- Angola | Burundi | Cameroon | Comoros | Congo | DR Congo | Equatorial Guinea | Eswatini | Gabon | Guinea | Gulf of Guinea Is. | Kenya | Liberia | Madagascar | Malawi | Mauritius | Mozambique | Nigeria | Réunion | Rwanda | Sierra Leone | South Africa | Tanzania | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe
Taxonomy
- Division:
- Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
- Family:
- Orchidaceae
- Genus:
- Calanthe
- Species:
- Calanthe sylvatica
Growth Characteristics
- Growth Habit:
- Geophyte
- Height:
- 100 cm
- Drought Tolerance:
- Low
- Bloom Months:
- jan,feb,mar,apr,dec
- Bloom Colors:
- white, pink, purple, lavender
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Fragrant:
- Yes
Propagation & Germination
- Notes:
- Orchid seeds require symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi for germination in nature; laboratory propagation typically uses asymbiotic culture methods.
The above propagation data sourced from Claude AI