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Pleione formosana
Also called Windowsill Orchid
Taiwan pleione is a small deciduous orchid from southern China and Taiwan that produces pink spring flowers from spherical pseudobulbs. It grows in cool conditions and is usually kept cool and moist, and it does well on a windowsill or in a cold greenhouse.
Pleione formosana, the Taiwan pleione or windowsill orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to southeastern China as well as northern and central Taiwan. It is a deciduous perennial, terrestrial orchid growing to 15 cm (6 in) tall by 30 cm (12 in) wide, with spherical pseudobulbs that produce a single folded leaf. The pink flowers, borne in spring, have fringed white lips that are strongly marked and mottled with brown on the inner surface.
The specific epithet formosana refers to Taiwan's former name, Formosa.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pleione formosana 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.
