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Hemipilia cordifolia

Hemipilia cordifolia is a terrestrial orchid with a tuber, native to the Himalayas, south-central China, Myanmar and Taiwan, and rarely grown in gardens. It needs cool, moist, shaded conditions and a well-drained humus-rich mix that stays lightly moist through its growing season.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil lightly moist during growth and water sparingly once the foliage dies back.
Soil
Free-draining, humus-rich woodland mix with added leaf mould or bark.
Temperature
10–20 °C; protect from frost and sustained heat above 25 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Himalaya to Taiwan
Climate
subtropical

About

Hemipilia cordifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is tuberous geophyte native to the Himalayas, south-central China, Myanmar, and Taiwan.

Other Hemipilia plants

Hemipilia alpestris · Hemipilia amplexifolia · Hemipilia bidupensis · Hemipilia crassicalcarata · Cucullate Neottianthe Orchid · Hemipilia faberi · Hemipilia flabellata · Hemipilia forrestii · Hemipilia henryi · Hemipilia keiskei · Hemipilia kinoshitae · Hemipilia lepida

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hemipilia cordifolia 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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