Polystachya mauritiana

Polystachya mauritiana

Native to:
Angola | Burundi | Cameroon | Central African Republic | Comoros | Congo | DR Congo | Equatorial Guinea | Eswatini | Ethiopia | Gabon | Ghana | Guinea | Gulf of Guinea Is. | Ivory Coast | Kenya | Liberia | Madagascar | Malawi | Mauritius | Mozambique | Nigeria | Réunion | Rwanda | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | South Africa | South Sudan | Sudan-South Sudan | Tanzania | Togo | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe

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Taxonomy

Division:
Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
Family:
Orchidaceae
Genus:
Polystachya
Species:
Polystachya mauritiana

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:
Epiphyte
Height:
30 cm
Drought Tolerance:
Low
Bloom Colors:
yellow, greenish-yellow

Propagation & Germination

Notes:
Orchid seeds require symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi or sterile asymbiotic agar medium for germination; conventional cold stratification is not applicable.

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