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Orchidaceae
Pyramid orchid
Anacamptis pyramidalis
Also known as Pink pyramid orchid, Anacamptis, Pyramidal orchid, Orchis pyramidalis
Native Plants · Terrestrial Orchid · Wildflower · European Orchid · Meadow Plant · Pollinator · Chalk Grassland · Rare Orchid · Perennial
The Pyramid Orchid is a terrestrial European wildflower that requires very specific growing conditions, including chalky or limestone-rich, well-drained soil with a mycorrhizal fungal relationship to thrive. It performs best outdoors in a meadow or rock garden setting with partial to full sun and is not suitable for conventional pot culture. This orchid is best appreciated as a garden specimen in naturalistic plantings rather than as a houseplant.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly to keep soil slightly moist; avoid waterlogging · Every 7-10 days during growing season
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 8–9
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle
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