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Orchidaceae
Common spotted orchid
Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Also known as Heath spotted orchid, Common European orchid, Spotted orchid
Native Plants · Orchid · Terrestrial Orchid · Wildflower · Specialist · Chalk Grassland · Perennial · Rare · Pollinator · Mycorrhizal
Common spotted orchid is a specialist terrestrial orchid that requires consistently moist, alkaline to neutral soil and partial shade to thrive. It forms a mycorrhizal relationship with soil fungi, so avoid sterilized potting mixes and disturbing the root zone unnecessarily. Best suited to outdoor rock gardens or wildflower meadows rather than indoor cultivation.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist but never waterlogged; reduce watering during dormancy · Every 5-7 days during growing season
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle
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