Wet forest

Acostaea costaricensis

Acostaea costaricensis

Cool growing epiphyte, yet heat tolerant. Possesses the ability to flower year-round with pink/yellow tiny (5mm) flowers.

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Aerangis luteoalba var. rhodosticta

Miniature African Aerangis from humid riverine and montane forests. Produces arching spikes with crystalline white flowers and a red-orange column, best grown mounted in intermediate to warm, very humid conditions.

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Aerangis macrocentra

Small Madagascan Aerangis from lowland to montane forests. Grows in partial shade with intermediate temperatures and high humidity, producing elegant white spurred flowers in summer and autumn.

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Amesiella monticola

Miniature, cool–intermediate Philippine species from high montane forests. Forms compact plants with relatively large white flowers and long spurs, blooming mainly in winter and spring under high humidity.

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Angraecum alleizettei

Small Madagascan Angraecum from cool montane forests. Prefers bright light, cool to intermediate temperatures and very humid air, producing starry white flowers with a long spur from summer into winter.

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Angraecum ankeranense

Miniature Madagascan Angraecum from cool to intermediate elevations. Grows in bright light with high humidity and good air movement, flowering in spring and summer with white, spurred blooms.

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Angraecum arachnites

Spider-like miniature Angraecum from cool, very shady montane forests of Madagascar. Thrives in low light with cool, constantly humid conditions and can flower throughout the year.

Didier's Angraecum

Angraecum didieri

Fragrant miniature Angraecum from Madagascar, occurring from warm to cool submontane forests. Grows best in partial shade with high humidity and a slightly drier, cooler rest in winter, blooming in spring.

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Angraecum distichum

Wide-ranging West and Central African miniature Angraecum from lowland to lower montane forests. Forms distichous leaf fans and produces small, often fragrant flowers in summer under warm, humid, partially shaded conditions.

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Angraecum leonis

Compact Angraecum with thick, leathery leaves and large, starry ivory flowers. Native to humid forests of Madagascar and the Comoros from lowland to montane elevations, blooming mainly from winter into autumn in partial shade and high humidity.

Oblong Leaf Angraecum

Angraecum oblongifolium

Miniature, pendant Angraecum from humid montane forests of southeastern Madagascar. Grows cool in partial shade with high humidity and good air movement, producing oblong leaves and delicate starry flowers in autumn.

Pink Angraecum pectinatum

Angraecum pectinatum 'Pink'

Small Madagascan Angraecum with fan-shaped, grass-like leaves and elegant white to pink-tinged star flowers. In nature it grows from lowland to lower montane evergreen forest, in humid, moving air. Ideal for intermediate conditions with constant moisture and good drainage.

Pine-leaved Angraecum

Angraecum pinifolium

Miniature Madagascan Angraecum with thin, pine-needle leaves and delicate white spurred flowers. It comes from humid mid-elevation forest around 900 m, preferring cool to intermediate temperatures, deep shade and very high humidity with gentle air movement.

Scott’s Angraecum

Angraecum scottianum

Epiphytic Angraecum from moist montane forests of Madagascar and the Comoros, with stiff, distichous leaves and showy white, spurred flowers that open in the cooler, brighter months. Grows best in bright filtered light, cool to intermediate temperatures and very humid, well-ventilated air.

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Asplenium ruta-muraria

Asplenium ruta-muraria is a small fern from temperate regions across Europe, East Asia and North America. It can be found on calcerous walls.

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Barbosella miersii

In the shaded, moss-covered branches of Brazil’s humid Atlantic rainforest in Southeastern Brazil (States: São Paulo, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul), grows one of the world’s tiniest orchids. Barbosella miersii creeps in delicate mats, its almost microscopic flowers rising on slender stalks above the leaves. Though diminutive in size, this orchid embodies tenacious life in the humid forest canopy—a whisper of beauty in miniature form. Cultivate it mounted on bark or cork with live moss, maintain steady moisture and good airflow, keep light filtered and cool-bright rather than direct. The reward: a living mosaic of green and tiny blooms that invite closer, contemplative viewing.

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Bolbites heteroclita var. difformis

Mossfern that can be grown with its feet wet.

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Bulbophyllum ambrosia

Hook-lipped Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum ankylochele

Miniature New Guinea Bulbophyllum with tiny clustered pseudobulbs and arching inflorescences of yellow to orange flowers with a characteristic hooked lip. Found in cool, wet montane forest; in culture it enjoys bright diffuse light, very high humidity and constant moisture with excellent drainage.

Bulbophyllum bolsteri

Bulbophyllum bolsteri

Bulbophyllum bolsteri is a small, warm to intermediate growing orchid from the Philippines. This rambling plant could produce a slender inflorescence with a solitary spectacular flower. Keep this species in a humid terrarium or in warm greenhouses.

Golden Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum chrysotes

Warm-growing miniature from lowland New Guinea forest, producing small pseudobulbs and sprays of yellow to orange flowers with sparkling segments. Best in partial shade, warm temperatures and evenly moist, humid conditions.

Hidden Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum clandestinum

Widely distributed epiphytic Bulbophyllum from humid forests of South and Southeast Asia into the western Pacific. Plants form creeping chains of pseudobulbs that carry a single leaf, producing small, often hidden flowers close to the rhizome. Intermediate temperatures, medium light and consistently moist, humid conditions suit it best.

Frost’s Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum frostii

Striking miniature species from montane forests of Vietnam, famous for its pendant, slipper-like red-brown flowers with spotted segments. It prefers intermediate to warm temperatures, bright but indirect light, very high humidity and evenly moist roots.

Japri’s Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum japrii

Recently described micro-miniature from Papua (Indonesia), forming tight mats of tiny pseudobulbs and producing dark red flowers that hover above the foliage. Grows in humid, mossy forest with bright filtered light, intermediate temperatures and constant moisture with good air circulation.