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:
- 60 cm
- Drought Tolerance:
- Low
- Bloom Months:
- jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,aug,sep,oct,nov,dec
- Bloom Colors:
- pink, purple, white
Propagation & Germination
- Notes:
- Dust seeds require symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi or sterile asymbiotic agar medium for germination; conventional cold stratification is not applicable.
Source: deepseek-v4-flash