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Calanthe yueana

Calanthe yueana is a terrestrial orchid from south-west China, grown for its flowers and sometimes kept in shade gardens. Keep the pseudobulbs in cool, humus-rich, moist soil and avoid waterlogging.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist while growing and reduce watering after leaves yellow.
Soil
Humus-rich, free-draining terrestrial mix with leaf mould.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates light frost when dormant.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
China (SW. Sichuan, W. Hubei)
Climate
subtropical

About

Calanthe yueana is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to China, known from Hubei and Sichuan Provinces.

Other Calanthe plants

Calanthe cardioglossa · Calanthe delavayi · Calanthe densiflora · Common Calanthe · Calanthe fargesii · Calanthe henryi · Calanthe hirsuta · Calanthe odora · Calanthe plantaginea · Calanthe pulchra · Calanthe rubens · Halla Striata Calanthe

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calanthe yueana 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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