Angraecum conchiferum

A small, untidy epiphytic orchid of cool, moist forests in southern and eastern Africa, with long thin pendulous stems and solitary white flowers with a shell-shaped lip, the largest of South Africa's monopodial epiphytes. It wants shade, high humidity and cool nights.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night A clear drop at nightTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphytic in deep shade in cool, moist temperate and montane forests, usually high on large trees and sometimes on smaller trees at forest edges.

Few records carry an elevation; sites are cool montane or temperate forest.

South AfricaMalawiZimbabweTanzaniaMozambiqueKenya

🔒 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 Public domain licence, unmodified.