This splendid species of terrestrial orchid is one of a number that have been planted in the Himalayan Garden over the past two decades.
It has also proven to be the most reliable; either out performing, or outliving other species of ground-dwelling orchids we have planted.
This species’ natural habitat is temperate forests where it grows on rotten tree trunks and on damp grassy slopes from 1500 – 3000m.
Although not a tough plant, it is fairly hardy and dependable for us, provided it has sharp drainage and is given a mulch of pine needles each winter and a light covering of green conifer twigs as frost protection. Otherwise, they are left to it.
Some of the plants at Harewood are planted beneath conifers, while others are in the rock garden, where they receive partial shade.
These plants also benefit from the cool, moist root run provided by large rocks, which is advantageous during hot, dry summers.
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Himalayan Garden

Himalayan Garden
Discover more Sino-Himalayan Plants
Harewood’s Himalayan Garden contains many rare and unusual plants, many of which were introduced by intrepid plant explorers, and include Blue Poppies, Cobra Lilies, Primulas and Orchids, all planted amidst a host of trees, shrubs, rhododendrons and bamboos.

Phyllostachys aurea ‘Holochrysa’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Daphne bholua ‘Jaqueline Postill’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Metasequoia glyptostroboides
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Primula florindae
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Cornus kousa var. chinensis
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Meconopsis ‘Lingholm’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Pinus wallichiana
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Davidia involucrata
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Rhododendron augustinii
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Phyllostachys aurea ‘Holochrysa’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Daphne bholua ‘Jaqueline Postill’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Metasequoia glyptostroboides
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Primula florindae
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Cornus kousa var. chinensis
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Meconopsis ‘Lingholm’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Pinus wallichiana
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Davidia involucrata
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Rhododendron augustinii
- Sino-Himalayan Plants
Explore the Collections
Harewood House Trust, boasts an incredible collection of furniture, ceramics, and paintings, as well as gardens and grounds brimming with plants from around the world.

Sino-Himalayan Plants

British Furniture

Italian Old Masters

British Portraiture

Sino-Himalayan Plants

British Furniture

Italian Old Masters
