These easy to grow orchids require sub tropical to tropical conditions, upper zone 10 liking a dry and wet season, lots of water in the flowering growing season but never stagnant. High humidity all year is best.

They often grow in fully exposed grassland in spring fed pockets of peaty bog like conditions on lower hill-slopes in many parts of SAsia.

They are best grown en masse (muted colors) in high humidity, full sun to only slightly shaded beds of good light airy humus rich soil and fine deep mulch. Fertilise with bone meal and other organic slow release products.

If planted in too much shade they have fewer flower spikes that elongate and fall over, the neat pleated attractive leaves become floppy, very untidy to the point of distraction and removal.

Very easily divided by hand and planted singly in full sun. New leaves will be smaller and tighter at first.

There are now far nicer hybrid garden worthy plants in clear and brighter colours that include yellow, orange and red.