Life Span
Annual or Biennial
Perennial
Type
Vegetable
Epiphyte
Origin
Europe, Northern Africa, Asia
China, India, Nepal
Types
Pascal, Golden Self-Blanching, Tall Utah, Tango
Pleione chunii , Pleione limprichtii
Number of Varieties
100100
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40000
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Habitat
Coastal Regions, Marshy ground, Wet ground
Hilly upland habitat, Wooded hillsides
USDA Hardiness Zone
-999913-15
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99
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AHS Heat Zone
9-3
12-10
Sunset Zone
-
-
Habit
Upright/Erect
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
45.70 cm12.70 cm
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3900
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Minimum Width
30.50 cm15.20 cm
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6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White
White, Yellow, Yellow green, Brown
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Tan, Brown
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Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Light Green
Light Green, Yellow green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Light Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Irregular
Elliptic to oblong
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer
Spring, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Partial shade, Full Shade
Growth Rate
Fast
Slow
Type of Soil
Loam
-
The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
-
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Late Spring
Early Spring, Winter, Late Winter
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Light Frost
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground
Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Seedlings, Transplanting
Bulbs
Plant Maintenance
Low
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Keep ground moist, Requires regular watering
Do not water excessively, Needs very little water
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral, Alkaline
-
Soil Type
Loam
-
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Partial shade, Full Shade
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove shoots
Prune if you want to improve plant shape, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
Less fertilizing
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, Compost
Pests and Diseases
Bacteria, Downy mildew, Fungal Diseases, fungus, Mosaic viruses, Pink Root, Red blotch
-
Plant Tolerance
Frost
Light Frost
Flowers
Showy
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
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Glossy
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Insects, Mice, Rodents, Spider Mites
Birds, Bumblebees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Allergy
Irritation to stomach
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
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Bonsai, Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
Good for skin, Improve skin condition, Moisturizing, Skin Problems
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification, Food for animals, Food for birds, Food for insects
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Cancer, Combats Stress, Eye Problems, High blood pressure, High cholestrol, Indigestion, Inflammation, Weight loss
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Part of Plant Used
Leaves, Seeds
-
Other Uses
Employed in herbal medicine, Oil is used in perfume, soaps, creams, etc., Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties, Used as a spice
Acts as a natural source of rain water for birds and insects., Beneficial species for attracting pollinators
Used As Indoor Plant
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✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Container, Edible, Herb / Vegetable
Container, Hanging Basket, Houseplant, Tropical
Botanical Name
APIUM graveolens
SIGMATOSTALIX amazonica
Common Name
Celery
Amazon Sigmatostalix Orchid, Miniature Orchid
In Hindi
अजवायन
miniature orchid
In German
Sellerie
miniature orchid
In French
Céleri
Pleione
In Spanish
Apio
Pleione
In Greek
Σέλινο
Pleione
In Portuguese
Aipo
miniature orchid
In Polish
Seler
miniature orchid
In Latin
apium
miniature orchid
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Apiales
Asparagales
Family
Apiaceae
Orchidaceae
Genus
Apium
Pleione
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Monocots
Tribe
Apieae
Coelogyneae
Subfamily
Apioideae
Epidendroideae
Number of Species
12000
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27800
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