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Hemipilia farreri

Ponerorchis farreri

Hemipilia farreri is a wild terrestrial orchid from the mountains of southwest China and southeast Tibet, rarely grown in gardens. It is a cool-climate alpine species, so success depends on mimicking its cool, moist, well-drained habitat.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the growing medium evenly moist during growth and let it dry slightly between waterings in the dormant period.
Soil
Gritty, fast-draining terrestrial orchid mix with added leaf mould or humus.
Temperature
10–18 °C; protect below 0 °C
How easy
Hard

About

Hemipilia farreri is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to China, where it is found from south-eastern Tibet to north-western Yunnan.

Other Hemipilia plants

Hemipilia alpestris · Hemipilia amplexifolia · Hemipilia bidupensis · Hemipilia cordifolia · Hemipilia crassicalcarata · Cucullate Neottianthe Orchid · Hemipilia faberi · Hemipilia flabellata · Hemipilia forrestii · Hemipilia henryi · Hemipilia keiskei · Hemipilia kinoshitae

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hemipilia farreri 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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