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Paphiopedilum micranthum
Tiny Flowered Paphiopedilum
Tier 2 Difficulty: hard Water: high Light: partial_sun
Temperature
20–37 °C
Soil pH
5–6
Hardiness
Zone 9–12
Click count
2
Observations
1
Description
Source: leafsnapThis flower is native to China and north-eastern Vietnam. Paphiopedilum micranthum is also called Tiny Flowered Paphiopedilum. This small orchid is single-flowered, oblong-elliptic, obtuse to subacute, mottle dark and paler green, purple-spotted beneath leaves. The petals of both whorls are white, slightly greenish at the base, covered with more or less intense pink discolorations and marked dark red-purple colors.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Partial sun
Ideal: Partial sun
🌡️ Temperature 20–37.8°C
Ideal temperature: 20–37.8°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 5-6
Soil pH: 5-6
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Hardiness Zone
- 9-12
- Mature Height
- 9 cm to 25 cm
- Mature Spread
- 15 cm to 20 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Flower Color
- Pink, White
- Flower Size
- 7.62 cm to 10.16 cm
- Bloom Time
- Spring
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Late spring, Early summer, Mid summer
- Native Area
- Vietnam, China
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Common Names (1)
en Tiny Flowered Paphiopedilum