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Laelia ×gouldiana

Laelia ×gouldiana
Photo: JJ Harrison (jjharrison89@facebook.com), GFDL 1.2

Laelia gouldiana is a cultivated orchid with pink flowers that can reach about 1 metre tall. It is grown as an ornamental and needs a dry spell between waterings and cooler, drier conditions than most Laelia species.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water thoroughly, then let the medium dry out for a while before watering again.
Soil
Free-draining orchid bark or a similar epiphytic mix.
Temperature
Cooler conditions preferred; roughly 15–26 °C, protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate

About

Laelia gouldiana is a plant of the orchid genus Laelia.

How to grow it

Laelia gouldiana is now only found and grown as a cultivated ornamental plant.

It can grow up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) tall and has pink flowers.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Laelia gouldiana 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.

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