Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Vegetable
Epiphyte
Origin
Asia
Mexico, Central America
Types
Bulb Vegetable
-
Number of Varieties
1030
0
40000
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Habitat
-
Rocky areas
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-810-13
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-1
12-8
Sunset Zone
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
H2, 24
Habit
Clump-Forming
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
30.00 cm25.40 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
10.20 cm35.60 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White
Orange, Yellow green, Gold, Light Green
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Light Green
-
Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Light Green, Chartreuse
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Yellow green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Acicular
Long Linear
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Summer
Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Partial Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Fast
Slow
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
-
The pH of Soil
Neutral
-
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Summer
Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
-
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Cuttings
Divison, Stem Planting
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs
Requires watering in the growing season
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Consistently
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral
-
Soil Type
Loam, Sand
-
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Partial Sun, Partial shade
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Prune ocassionally
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, fertilize in summer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Black Spot, Scale
Plant Tolerance
Drought
-
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
Medium
Coarse
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Aphids, Beetles
-
Allergy
Cold, Irritate the mucus membrane, Sinuses
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
Bouquets, Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
-
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
anti-inflammatory, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic, Hypotensive
-
Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves, Root
Bulbs, Flowers, Leaves
Other Uses
Cosmetics, Used as a dye
Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Edible, Herb / Vegetable
Container, Hanging Basket, Houseplant, Tropical
Botanical Name
ALLIUM cepa( Aggregatum Group)
LYCASTE cochleata
Common Name
Scallion, Shallot
Lycaste Orchid, Shell-shaped Anther Lycaste
In Hindi
Shallot
Lycaste Orchid
In German
Schalotte
Lycaste Orchidee
In French
échalote
Lycaste orchidée
In Spanish
chalote
Lycaste orquídea
In Greek
είδος κρεμμυδιού
Lycaste ορχιδέα
In Portuguese
Sallot
Lycaste orquídea
In Polish
Sallot
Lycaste orchidea
In Latin
Sallot
braemii orchid
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Asparagales
Family
Liliaceae
Orchidaceae
Genus
Allium
Lycaste
Clade
Angiosperms, Monocots
Angiosperms, Monocots
Tribe
-
Maxillarieae
Subfamily
-
Epidendroideae
Number of Species
75031
1
27800
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