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Ponerorchis graminifolia
Also called Grass Like Leaf Ponerorchis
A small terrestrial orchid from southern Korea and Japan, grown from a tuber, with pink to purple flowers, and many Japanese cultivars are grown as ornamentals. Keep it in a gritty, well-drained pot, water when growing, and keep it dry and frost-free while dormant.
Hemipilia graminifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to southern Korea and Japan. It is a short herbaceous perennial, growing from a tuber, with small flowers in shades of pink to purple. Many varieties and cultivars are grown in Japan as ornamental plants.
Hemipilia graminifolia is cultivated as an ornamental plant, particularly in Japan, where many cultivars have been described with widely differing flower colours and markings, from pure white to darkish purple, with or without spots and markings. In Britain, they can be grown in pots in a gritty compost. Without forcing, they then come into growth in early spring, flower in late spring and early summer, dying down before the autumn, after which they are kept dry and frost-free over winter. Propagation is via tuber division or seed.
Hybrids with Hemipilia gracilis have been reported to be in cultivation.
Hemipilia graminifolia is native to southern Korea and south-central and southern Japan (Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu). It grows in mountainous areas, particularly among damp rocks.
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
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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.
