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Fringed Grass Orchid

Bipinnula fimbriata

Bipinnula fimbriata is a terrestrial orchid native to central Chile, grown from a tuber and valued for its fringed flowers. It is a cool-season grower that needs a dry summer rest and good drainage.

Family

Orchidaceae (Orchid family)

Grows as

Orchid

Light

Full sun, Part shade

Water

Water moderately during the growing season in cool months, then keep nearly dry while the tuber is dormant in summer.

Soil

Free-draining sandy or gritty mix with some organic matter.

Temperature

5–20 °C during growth; protect from hard frost and prolonged heat above 30 °C.

How easy

Hard

Native range

C. Chile

Climate

subtropical

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bipinnula fimbriata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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