Zone 6 Orchids
Orchids in this section are non tropical cold hardy frost tolerant to the zones listed and can be grown out of doors all year as well as grown in tropical zones.
Zone 6 orchids. Orchid varieties for zone 9 gardens. The genera jimensia raf. I dont zone 7. White egret orchid pecteilis radiata hardy to usda zone 6 is a slow growing orchid that produces grassy leaves and white bird like flowers during the summerthis orchid likes cool moderately moist well draining soil and either full sun or partial shade.
These are terrestrial orchids which grow nicely in cold tolerant gardens and some tropical climates. In california zone 8 they were almost a weed. Look for cold hardy varieties because even temperatures of 40 degrees fahrenheit 4 celsius can be damaging to these plants. Paphiopedilum phragmipedium paph phrag slipper orchids masdevallias.
When growing orchids in zone 9 it is important to find the right varieties. Calanthe orchids calanthe spp are hardy easy to grow orchids and many of. We are also growing epipactis gigantea dactylorhiza purpurella and dactylorhiza fuchsii all doing great. My daughter and i both grow bletilla striata it does very well here.
If i design a 6 long x 4 wide x 2 deep lined bog garden and fill it with peat sand and keep out run off will it be fairly easy to grow a few varieties of orchids or are they very difficult to overwinter and to just keep alive. The name is actually a diminutive of bletia because of the resemblance between the two genera even though bletia is a new world genus. Zone 6 and 7. Here are some examples.
White egret orchid is also known as habenaria radiata. Bletilla common name urn orchid is a temperate terrestrial genus of orchids containing five currently recognized species distributed through china japan taiwan south to vietnam thailand and myanmar. The orchid zone castroville california. My daughter covers her outdoor orchids with bark in the winter zone 6.