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Phragmipedium pearcei
Phragmipedium pearcei is a lady's slipper-type orchid from the cloud forests of Ecuador and northern Peru, grown for its slipper-shaped flowers. It needs humid, cool-to-mild conditions and bright, filtered light, and is not an easy beginner plant.
Phragmipedium pearcei is a species of orchid ranging from Ecuador to northern Peru.
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 · Lindley's Phragmipedium · Long-Leaf Phragmipedium
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phragmipedium pearcei 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.
