Habitat and Location:
Agapetes serpens, an epiphytic species found in Nepal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan and China in seasonal forest.
 
Description and Key Features:
Agapetes serpens is a collectable species with its red and cream coloured flowers and edible fruits. Plants can attain 1.5 tall but are usually much less. The branches can extens 2 metres outwards The caudex, which is a swollen base can grow moderately large. Clusters of several unscented flowers are produced randomly along the stem. 
 
Care Instructions:
Grow Agapetes serpens on a mount or in a pot with a mixed media of perlite, fine orchid bark and moss. Always ensure sufficient air movement, especially in humidity above 50%. Provide bright light for growth and flowers, water plants consistently and during hotter weather, spray lightly daily to mimic natural moisture conditions. Maintain an intermediate or cool greenhouse/terrarium with night temperatures of 8-17 degrees and daytime temperatures of 18-27 degrees. Feed plants all year.
 
Specifications:
Plant Size: Propagated in 2024, in pots, 15-25 cm
Family: Ericaceae
Plant Passport: A Agapetes serpens B 140084 c 13082 d GB