Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Epiphyte
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Origin
Mexico, Central America
Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia
Types
-
tecolate strain
Number of Varieties
302
0
40000
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Habitat
Rocky areas
Lawn, Temperate Regions
USDA Hardiness Zone
10-137-11
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-8
12-1
Sunset Zone
H2, 24
21,22
Habit
Clump-Forming
Upright/Erect
Plant Size
Minimum Height
25.40 cm25.40 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
35.60 cm10.20 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Orange, Yellow green, Gold, Light Green
White, Yellow, Red, Purple, Orange, Pink
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
-
Blue Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Light Green
Several shades of Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Long Linear
Palmate
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Summer, Fall
Spring, Summer
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Partial Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Slow
Fast
Type of Soil
-
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall
Late Spring, Early Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground, Pot
Container, Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Divison, Stem Planting
From bulbs, Seedlings, Transplanting, Vegetative Reproduction
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Requires watering in the growing season
Keep the Soil well drained, Requires plenty of water during the growing season
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Consistently
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
-
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
-
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Partial Sun, Partial shade
Full 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
-
Plant Tolerance
-
Drought
Flowers
Showy
Showy
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single, Double, Semi-Double
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
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
-
Insects, pollinators
Allergy
-
Skin irritation
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Bouquets, Showy Purposes
along a porch, deck or patio, Bouquets, Cut Flowers, Hanging Basket
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
-
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
-
Part of Plant Used
Bulbs, Flowers, Leaves
Flowers
Other Uses
Used as Ornamental plant
Basketary, deer resistant, Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Container, Hanging Basket, Houseplant, Tropical
Bedding Plant, Container, Cutflower, Mixed Border
Botanical Name
LYCASTE cochleata
RANUNCULUS asiaticus
Common Name
Lycaste Orchid, Shell-shaped Anther Lycaste
Garden Ranunculus, Persian Buttercup
In Hindi
Lycaste Orchid
Persian Buttercup
In German
Lycaste Orchidee
Asiatischer Hahnenfuß
In French
Lycaste orchidée
Renoncule des fleuristes
In Spanish
Lycaste orquídea
Persian Buttercup
In Greek
Lycaste ορχιδέα
Persian Buttercup
In Portuguese
Lycaste orquídea
ranúnculo
In Polish
Lycaste orchidea
Jaskier azjatycki
In Latin
braemii orchid
Persian Buttercup
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Vascular plant
Class
Liliopsida
-
Order
Asparagales
Ranunculales
Family
Orchidaceae
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Lycaste
Ranunculus
Clade
Angiosperms, Monocots
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Tribe
Maxillarieae
Ranunculeae
Subfamily
Epidendroideae
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Number of Species
31600
1
27800
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