Dossinia marmorata C.Morren grows stunning chocolate-coloured foliage with intricate gold, green, iridescent venation. Dossinia marmorata can grow to have quite large leaves when it reaches maturity, but they are very slow growers.
Dossinia marmorata
Dossinia marmorata is approximately 7 cm tall and comes in a ⌀ 6 cm pot.
- Name: Dossinia marmorata C.Morren
Type: rhizomatous geophyte Form: orchid, rhizomatous geophyte
Family: Orchidaceae
Native Range: wet tropical biome.
Zone: 12-13 Habitat: it grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Height: up to 10 cm
Spread: to 10 cm
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Medium
Tolerate: Semi Shade Taxon identifiers: PlantList-ID : kew-63706 NCBI taxonomy ID : 220559 GBIF taxon ID : 5321351 Encyclopedia of Life ID : 1111771 CITES Species+ ID : 20692 WCSPF ID : 63706 Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:630507-1 Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID : plant/Dossinia-marmorata IPNI plant ID : 630506-1 World Flora Online ID : wfo-0000945264 Google Knowledge Graph ID : /g/12gh3j0sl Open Tree of Life ID : 739411 iNaturalist taxon ID : 852723 Catalogue of Life ID : 37GF8 Synonyms: = Anoectochilus lowii E.J.Lowe and W.Howard ≡ Anoectochilus lowii R.H.Torr. = Anoectochilus lowii R.H.Torr. ex Loudon = Anoectochilus lowii var. virescens B.S.Williams ≡ Cheirostylis marmorata (C.Morren) Lindl. ≡ Cheirostylis marmorata (C.Morren) Lindl. ex Lem. = Ludisia argyroneura Miq. = Macodes lowii (E.J.Lowe and W.Howard) J.J.Wood ≡ Macodes marmorata (C.Morren) Rchb.f. Your Plant Care Toolkit:
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