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Diamond Orchid

Ophrys reinholdii

Diamond Orchid
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0

Ophrys reinholdii is a wild European and western Asian bee orchid, a tuberous geophyte native from the Balkans to northwestern Iran. It is a hardy terrestrial orchid grown in its native range and is not a common houseplant, so care depends on mimicking its natural Mediterranean-type seasons.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly during the active spring growing period and keep almost dry after flowering while the tuber rests.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty, low-fertility soil or a lean terrestrial orchid mix, often with added grit or lime.
Temperature
Hardy in cool to mild conditions; protect tubers from prolonged frost and waterlogging.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Balkan Pen. to NW. Iran
Climate
subtropical

About

Ophrys reinholdii is a species of orchid. Its native range from Croatia in southeastern Europe to northwestern Iran in western Asia, including Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus.

Other Ophrys plants

Bee orchid · Argolian bee-orchid · Atlantic Ophrys · Ophrys battandieri · Bertoloni's bee orchid · Bumblebee orchid · Bornmueller's Orchid · Ophrys cilicica · Cretan Bee Orchid · Ophrys ×dessartiana · Horseshoe bee-orchid · Ophrys × flavicans

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ophrys reinholdii 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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