General Information

  • Category- Flower
  • Binomial Name- Laelia
  • Common Names- Laelia
  • Spread- 12 inches**
  • Height- 18 inches**
  • Average Production- 6-12 flowers per plant
  • Days to Maturity- 365-420 days*

Environmental Requirements

  • Soil-  Well-drained or very gritty and free-draining soil
  • Soil pH- 5.5-6.5
  • Soil Moisture- 25%
  • Soil temperature- 14-20°C
  • Climate temperature- 16-25°C
  • Sun Requirements- Full Sun/Partial Sun
  • Best Time to Plant- Fall and early Winter (September and October)

Tips to Grow Laelia

  1. Arrange good quality Laelia plants from tissue cultured plants.
  2. The soil should be evenly moist, but not wet or soggy. You can mix in compost and peat moss for best results which will help give good moisture retention and straight, smooth roots.
  3. We can add compost and can spread Mulch lightly around the plants before winter for better growth.
  4. In late February, remove mulches from snowdrops and so the shoots can come through.
  5. Harvest the strands by removing the long, bright orange-red stigmas from the center of the flowers using tweezers. Each flower produces just three stigmas, so harvest them carefully.

** The values are standard values but might change a bit.

*To get flowers quickly, the users can buy plants from nursery.

Flowers