Platystele stenostachya

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   orchid

Lifespan: perennial
Origin: C & S America
Cultivation
Exposure: part-sun
Water: moist
Features: flowers
Scientific Names

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Platystele stenostachya is an epiphytic orchid in the genus Platystele. Plant blooms from summer to fall with few 4 mm wide flowers. Plants are found growing in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia at elevations of 0 to 1700 meters

Cultivation

Keep plant in partial shade. Plant can be grown in cool to warm conditions. Pot the plant in fine bark with perlite or sphagnum moss. Water regularly and keep potting media moist.

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