Angraecum sacciferum

A tiny epiphytic orchid with small greenish flowers, widespread from the Cape forests of South Africa to the East African mountains. It grows on mossy twigs in cool, shady, humid forest and stays only a few centimetres tall.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets 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

Not documented in sources opened; generally recorded as a twig epiphyte in shady, moist evergreen forest, from coastal forest in the Cape to montane forest in the tropics.

Recorded elevations 626–1810 m, but most measured sites are coastal forest at 140–200 m in the southern Cape.

South AfricaEswatiniZimbabweMozambiqueMalawiTanzaniaKenyaUgandaBurundiRwandaDR CongoCameroonSão Tomé

🔒 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.