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Angraecum calceolus

A small, widespread Angraecum of Madagascar and the western Indian Ocean islands, bearing branching sprays of small greenish flowers. It is adaptable and easy, at home in intermediate, humid, shaded conditions year-round.

Angraecum calceolus
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte of humid evergreen forest, from coastal lowland to mid-elevation montane forest, typically on trunks and branches in shade.

Recorded from 1 to 1,800 m, median about 1,000 m: mostly mid-elevation forest of the eastern plateau escarpment.

MadagascarRéunionMauritiusComorosSeychellesRodriguesMozambique

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.