Product information "Ascoglossum calopterum"
| Name: | Ascoglossum calopterum (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1913 |
| Synonyms: | Ascoglossum purpureum [J.J.Sm.] Schlechter 1913 |
| Etymology: | calopterum = beautifully winged |
| Propagation: | seed |
| Origin: | Sulawesi, the Moluccas, New Guinea, the Phillipines and the Solomon Islands |
| Habitat: | at altitudes of sealevel to 600 meters on large trees in primary rainforests found high up in the spreading branches of a leafy tree and savannah thickets or mangrove swamps |
| Notes: | a richly flowering monotypic species closely related to Renanthera, cultivated like Vanda. As the plants are raised from seedling, they can be kept in pots. Older plants can also grow 1m high. |
