Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Epiphyte
Grass
Origin
Mexico, Central America
Europe, Asia
Types
-
Blue Oat grass
Number of Varieties
30-
0
40000
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Habitat
Rocky areas
Cropland, gardens, Grassland, Roadsides
USDA Hardiness Zone
10-134-9
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-8
-
Sunset Zone
H2, 24
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24
Habit
Clump-Forming
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
25.40 cm20.50 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
35.60 cm30.50 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Orange, Yellow green, Gold, Light Green
Brown
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
Brown
Leaf Color in Spring
-
Gray Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Light Green
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
Tan, Brown
Shape
Leaf Shape
Long Linear
Grass like
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Summer, Fall
-
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Partial Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Slow
Medium
Type of Soil
-
Loam
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Average
Bloom Time
Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall
Early Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground, Pot
Ground
How to Plant?
Divison, Stem Planting
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Requires watering in the growing season
Does not require lot of watering, Water occasionally
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Consistently
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
-
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
-
Loam
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Average
Sun Exposure
Partial Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Prune ocassionally
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, fertilize in summer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Black Spot, Scale
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
-
Drought
Flowers
Showy
-
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Coarse
-
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
-
-
Allergy
-
Asthma, Itchy eyes
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Bouquets, Showy Purposes
-
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
-
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
Arthritis, Headache, Stomach pain
Part of Plant Used
Bulbs, Flowers, Leaves
Whole plant
Other Uses
Used as Ornamental plant
Used as a nutritious food item
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Container, Hanging Basket, Houseplant, Tropical
Bedding Plant, Feature Plant, Groundcover
Botanical Name
LYCASTE cochleata
ARRHENATHERUM
Common Name
Lycaste Orchid, Shell-shaped Anther Lycaste
Oatgrass
In Hindi
Lycaste Orchid
जई घास
In German
Lycaste Orchidee
Ährengras
In French
Lycaste orchidée
Folle avoine
In Spanish
Lycaste orquídea
oat Grass
In Greek
Lycaste ορχιδέα
βρώμη Grass
In Portuguese
Lycaste orquídea
aveia-
In Polish
Lycaste orchidea
Owies trawa
In Latin
braemii orchid
oat Grass
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
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Class
Liliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Poales
Family
Orchidaceae
Poaceae
Genus
Lycaste
Danthonia
Clade
Angiosperms, Monocots
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Tribe
Maxillarieae
Aveneae
Subfamily
Epidendroideae
Danthonioideae
Number of Species
31450
1
27800
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