Product Description
The "Jewel Orchids," with their elegant leaves, are grown for their foliage and the flowers. The leaves of the "Jewel Orchids" may look like a burgundy velvet piece of cloth, delicately decorated with red and gold veins. Others are a maroon color, while some are a lush wintergreen on top,with rich maroon underneath, and accented with white veins flowing through the leaf. This genus has seven to ten species that are distributed from Malaysia, Indonesia, Sumatra to the Philippines. These species are quite rare. Macodes Culture Being a semiterrestrial genus that is found growing naturally in leafy humus and moss on shaded rocks. Plants should thus be grown in a well drained media in shallow containers, with a media that will stay damp but not wet. A shallow terracotta saucer is perhaps the ideal container. Perhaps this could be rested on a tray of pebbles which is kept full of water to the level of the pebbles. After flowering, the plants should be rested somewhat drier until the new growth starts. It should be emphasized that these are found in the very shaded areas beside streams in the dense rainforest and as such some thought needs to be given to duplicating that environment. They make excellent house plants! Proper name: Macodes petola
The plant you will receive is growing in a 4" pot. Similar to the first and second photos, approximately 3-4" tall.
- Rare Orchid Jewel Plant
- proper name: Macodes petola
- Bright indirect sunlight
- Water when dry, keep evenly moist
- Ships immediately in a 4" pot. Similar to the first and second photos, approximately 3-4" tall.
