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Tetzlaff's Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium tetzlaffianum

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

Phragmipedium tetzlaffianum is a lady's slipper orchid from Venezuela, grown by enthusiasts for its showy pouch flowers. It needs bright light, steady moisture and a free-draining mix, and it prefers warm, humid conditions.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the mix evenly moist during growth and water less when resting, using rainwater or soft water.
Soil
Chunky, fast-draining orchid mix such as sphagnum moss, bark and perlite.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 13 °C
How easy
Hard

About

Phragmipedium tetzlaffianum is a species of orchid endemic to Venezuela.

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 · Lindley's Phragmipedium · Long-Leaf Phragmipedium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phragmipedium tetzlaffianum 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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