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Hemipilia limprichtii

Hemipilia limprichtii is a terrestrial orchid from southwest China, grown only by specialist collectors and rarely in cultivation. Its care is largely unrecorded, so treat it as a cool-growing, dormant-season tuberous terrestrial orchid.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade
Water
Water moderately while in growth and keep barely moist when dormant, avoiding waterlogging of the tubers.
Soil
Free-draining, humus-rich terrestrial orchid mix with added grit.
Temperature
Cool to mild, roughly 5–22 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
China (NW. & C. Yunnan, C. Guizhou)
Climate
temperate

About

Hemipilia limprichtii is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to China.

Other Hemipilia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hemipilia limprichtii 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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