Bletilla 'Peaches and Cream'
Bletilla 'Peaches and Cream' has pink orchid flowers with red, white and yellow lips held above strap-like leaves. Easy to grow.
Description:
Bletilla 'Peaches and Cream' is a hybrid Chinese ground orchid with pink cattleya-like flowers in groups of three to seven on stems rising to 18 inches tall. The leaves are arching, broad and grass-like. Best in part shade in evenly moist, well-drained soil.
Common Name: Chinese Ground Orchid
Family: Orchidaceae (The Orchid Family)
Zone Hardiness: 5-9
Light: Part Shade, Part Sun
Height: 12-24"
Width: 8-12"
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour:
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Late Spring
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: No
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Grassy slopes in foothills. In sandy soils amongst grassy patches on cool mountain slopes. Margins of woods and thickets.
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Geogrpahical Origin: Miscellaneous - Garden Origin
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