[Overview]
A group of terrestrial orchids grown for their foliage, distributed mainly in Southeast Asia, including the genera Anoectochilus and Macodes.
Evergreen perennials.
The leaves are simple, elliptic to ovate, with a velvety texture and a white or yellow net-like pattern along the veins.
The flowers are borne sparsely in racemes to spikes, and are small and plain.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by division.
Keep the minimum temperature at 15°C or higher; it prefers high humidity and shade throughout the year.
Direct sunlight scorches the leaves.
Plant it in an unglazed clay pot, using well-drained materials such as leaf mold, bark, peat moss and sphagnum moss.
It prefers high humidity in the air but dislikes overly wet soil, so water when the surface of the planting medium has dried.
It needs little fertilizer; in May–June, give diluted liquid fertilizer once a month in place of watering.
There are no particular pests or diseases.
