Coconut Orchid

Did you know

• The flowers emit a remarkably strong coconut-like fragrance that fills an entire room.
• Each small pseudobulb produces a single grass-like leaf and one flower, but large specimens can have hundreds of blooms.
• The coconut scent is so convincing that people often look around for an actual coconut when near a blooming plant.
• This orchid is extremely easy to grow and is often recommended as an excellent beginner orchid.
• In its native habitat, it grows as an epiphyte on tree branches in humid mountain forests between 2,000 and 6,000 feet.

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Uses

• fragrant orchid collection
• indoor plant
• greenhouse specimen