Do you have a plant for sale or trade
which you cannot ship or do not want to bother shippping?
No problem.
Click here to make a local-only offer.
It's a free service to our members.
Saccolabium matsudae is an orchid species identified by (Hayata) Makino & Nemoto in 1931. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Gastrochilus matsudae.
ORIGIN: Found in central Taiwan in montne, primary coniferous forests on mossy trunks and branches of trees at elevations of 1800 to 2300 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Mini-miniature to small sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with an elongate, creeping stem carrying 8 to 33, distichous, linear-lanceolate to oblong, green, more or less spotted with red or puplish red, softly coriaceous leaves that blooms in nthe fall on a short, arising from the sheath of the terminal stems, .2 to .8 [.5 to 2 cm] long, 3 to 6, rarely 11 flowered inflorescence.
FLOWER SIZE: 0.32 to 0.4 inches [0.8 to 1 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 years ago
Suggestions for Choosing Plants Requiring Minimal Care
THIS SEEMS LIKE AN IDEAL TOPIC for an article. Many of us want to enjoy orchid flowers with a minimum of fuss and I have found that most ...
Read More
Beginners Start Here
Author is Ken Slump, posted about 4 years ago
A 12-Step Plan for Becoming a Successful Orchid Grower
IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE ORCHID hobby and perhaps feel you are not enjoying the success with your plants that you had hoped for, read throug...
Read More
Water: The Most Important Nutrient
Author is Roy Tokunaga, posted almost 5 years ago
We take water for granted. It falls out of the sky. It flows from the faucet. Oahu city water is considered good for growing Orchids. We use it without thought or concern.
If you study orch...
Read More