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lady's slipper orchid Gabriela gx | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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lady's slipper orchid Gabriela gx

Cypripedium Gabriela gx

★ RHS AGM

Genus: Cypripedium
Family: Orchidaceae

About this plant

'Gabriela' has soft, folded bright green leaves 5-20cm long. In summer it bears pale reddish-brown flowers 9cm long with twisted petals and a large, pale yellow pouch-shaped lip, growing singly or in pairs on upright stems to 40cm high.

Growing Information

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0-0.1 Metre

Hardiness

Foliage

Evergreen

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Partial Shade

Soil

Loam

AcidAlkalineNeutral

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Moisture

Well Drained

Aspect

North FacingEast FacingSouth Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in moist, fertile, leafy, humus-rich soil in a sheltered site with dappled or partial shade. Provide an annual winter mulch of leaf mould. Suits a shady rock garden or woodland garden

Pruning

No pruning required

Propagation

Propagate by division in early or mid-spring and replant immediately. Some of the soil from the root ball, which contains beneficial fungi, should be planted with each division

Pests

Susceptible to slugs

Diseases

May be affected by grey moulds

Garden Uses

Uses

Ground CoverBanks Slopes

Planting Places

Wall Trained

Season of Interest

Summer

Size & Characteristics

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0-0.1 Metre

Habit

Climbing

Time to Full Height

Five To Ten Years