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Lindley's Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium lindleyanum

Lindley's Phragmipedium
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0

Lindley's Phragmipedium is a terrestrial or lithophytic slipper orchid from wet tropical northern South America and Brazil. It needs warm, humid conditions, bright indirect light and consistently moist but airy growing media.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the medium evenly moist during growth and water less in the winter rest period, using rainwater where possible.
Soil
Fine-bark or sphagnum-based orchid mix that stays moist but drains freely.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. South America to Brazil (Roraima, Pernambuco, Bahia)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Phragmipedium lindleyanum is a species of orchid ranging from northern South America to Brazil (Pernambuco).

Other Phragmipedium plants

Besse's Phragmipedium · Boissier's Phragmipedium · Reed grass-like Phragmipedium · Mandarin orchid · Phragmipedium chapadense · Fischer's Phragmipedium · Hirtz' Phragmipedium · Klotsch's Phragmipedium · Kovach's Phragmipedium · Phragmipedium lindenii · Long-Leaf Phragmipedium · Pearce's Phragmipedium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phragmipedium lindleyanum 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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