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Serapias lingua
Tongue Orchid · Tongue Serapias · Greater tongue orchid · Tongue-flowered orchid · Tongue helleborine
Tier 2 Difficulty: hard Water: high Light: partial_sun
Temperature
15–35 °C
Soil pH
6–7
Hardiness
Zone 8–10
Click count
30
Observations
1,678
Description
Source: leafsnapSerapias lingua, commonly known as tongue-orchid or the tongue Serapias, is a species of orchid native to the Mediterranean.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Partial sun
Ideal: Partial sun
🌡️ Temperature 15–35°C
Ideal temperature: 15–35°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 6-7
Soil pH: 6-7
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Serapias
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 8-10
- Mature Height
- 10 cm to 30 cm
- Mature Spread
- 10 cm to 20 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Pink, Brown
- Flower Size
- 1.52 cm to 2.54 cm
- Bloom Time
- Mid spring, Late spring
- Planting Time
- Spring, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Early summer, Mid summer
Tags (5)
Common Names (5)
en Tongue Orchid
en Tongue Serapias
en Greater tongue orchid
en Tongue-flowered orchid
en Tongue helleborine