trefle.io · Taken Jul 19, 2021 by Xavier Denys (cc-by-sa)
Orchidaceae
Small white orchid
Pseudorchis albida
Also known as white fringed orchid, small woodland orchid, white bog orchid, Coeloglossum albidum
Native Plants · Terrestrial Orchid · Alpine · Wildflower · Rare · Protected Species · White Flowers · Meadow · Specialist Plant · European Native
Small white orchid is a delicate terrestrial orchid native to alpine and sub-alpine meadows and is extremely challenging to cultivate outside its natural habitat. It requires free-draining, nutrient-poor, slightly alkaline soil with specific mycorrhizal fungi for survival, making it nearly impossible to grow in conventional gardens. This species is best appreciated in the wild and is protected in many of its native regions.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to maintain consistent moisture without waterlogging the root zone · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4–4.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
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
- Altay, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk
- Attracts
- Bees, Moths
Sources: trefle
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