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Helleborines (Epipactis)
The helleborines (Epipactis) are hardy orchids that tend to grow in wet environments. These species also commonly grow in disturbed areas, including roadsides, lawns, and cracks in sidewalks. Most of these plants are protected species, although one species (E. helleborine) is invasive in North America.
Lifespan
Perennial
Key Facts About Helleborines
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Attributes of Helleborines
Leaf type
Semi-evergreen
Scientific Classification of Helleborines
Phylum
Vascular plants
Class
Monocotyledons
Order
Asparagus and allies
Family
Orchid
Genus
Helleborines
Distribution of Helleborines
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Distribution Map of Helleborines
Native
Cultivated
Invasive
Potentially invasive
Exotic
No species reported
How to Grow and Care for Helleborines
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The helleborines plant genus requires moderate to bright indirect light, with warmer temperatures in summer (60–75°F) and cooler in winter (50–60°F). It thrives in well-draining compost-based potting mix supplemented with leaf mold or garden loam. Several helleborines species, however, prefer alkaline soil. Commonly affected by vine weevils, aphids, and fusarium wilt, this hardy shrub may have diverse difficulties depending on its specific species. Spring to summer is its optimal growth period that may require slight increases in watering and perhaps some added nutrition. Additionally, avoid overwatering in autumn and winter months, keeping the plant in a well-lit, cooler location.
How to Water Helleborines?
What Are the Sunlight Requirements for Helleborines?
How to Plant Helleborines?
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8 most common species：
Broad-leaved helleborine
Broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) is a common woodland orchid that grows from 30 to 91 cm tall. In late summer to early fall, greenish-purple flowers bloom along the stem attracting mature bees and their offspring to its heady nectar. Grows well in shaded areas, along roadsides or in woodland areas.
Marsh helleborine
Marsh helleborine's Latin name, Epipactis palustris, roughly translates to 'grow above the marsh', which it indeed does. Due to its beautiful blooms, marsh helleborine is often planted in cottage gardens and beside streams and ponds where it thrives. It is an important plant for wildlife – deer like to eat it.
Stream orchid
Stream orchid (Epipactis gigantea) is one of the most common orchids on North America's Pacific coast and can be found from British Columbia to Mexico. It prefers high altitudes, and is frequently grown as a decorative plant. This species is also known as giant helleborine and chatterbox.
Dark red helleborine
This beautiful orchid lives in a symbiotic relationship with the fungi of the Pezizales order, exchanging essential nutrients. Its habitat is associated with limestone and disturbed soils. It is pollinated by bees and butterflies, which can be often seen buzzing around the flower.
Small-leaved helleborine
Small-leaved helleborine (Epipactis microphylla) is a species of orchid that prefers dark, shaded forest habitats and is often found growing under Beech or Hazel trees. This is a self-supporting type of orchid with an overall downy, hairy look and somewhat dull overall coloration, which makes the plant tricky to spot in its natural habitat.
Green-flowered helleborine
Epipactis phyllanthes, the green-flowered helleborine, is an orchid found in the West Palearctic ecozone.
Japanese stream orchid
Japanese stream orchid is a terrestrial orchid with a preference for shaded, moist environments. Its slender, tall stems bear broad, lush leaves and give way to delicate greenish flowers with distinctive brownish-purple markings. The blooms, adapted for insect pollination, emerge sequentially, lending japanese stream orchid an extended period of visual intrigue. Resilient to cool climates, it often thrives in forest understories where it can form sizable colonies.
Violet helleborine
Epipactis purpurata, the violet helleborine, is an orchid found in France, the United Kingdom, Slovenia, and Serbia.
All Species of Helleborines
Broad-leaved helleborine
Broad-leaved helleborine
Broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) is a common woodland orchid that grows from 30 to 91 cm tall. In late summer to early fall, greenish-purple flowers bloom along the stem attracting mature bees and their offspring to its heady nectar. Grows well in shaded areas, along roadsides or in woodland areas.
Marsh helleborine
Marsh helleborine
Marsh helleborine's Latin name, Epipactis palustris, roughly translates to 'grow above the marsh', which it indeed does. Due to its beautiful blooms, marsh helleborine is often planted in cottage gardens and beside streams and ponds where it thrives. It is an important plant for wildlife – deer like to eat it.
Stream orchid
Stream orchid
Stream orchid (Epipactis gigantea) is one of the most common orchids on North America's Pacific coast and can be found from British Columbia to Mexico. It prefers high altitudes, and is frequently grown as a decorative plant. This species is also known as giant helleborine and chatterbox.
Dark red helleborine
Dark red helleborine
This beautiful orchid lives in a symbiotic relationship with the fungi of the Pezizales order, exchanging essential nutrients. Its habitat is associated with limestone and disturbed soils. It is pollinated by bees and butterflies, which can be often seen buzzing around the flower.
Small-leaved helleborine
Small-leaved helleborine
Small-leaved helleborine (Epipactis microphylla) is a species of orchid that prefers dark, shaded forest habitats and is often found growing under Beech or Hazel trees. This is a self-supporting type of orchid with an overall downy, hairy look and somewhat dull overall coloration, which makes the plant tricky to spot in its natural habitat.
Green-flowered helleborine
Green-flowered helleborine
Epipactis phyllanthes, the green-flowered helleborine, is an orchid found in the West Palearctic ecozone.
Japanese stream orchid
Japanese stream orchid
Japanese stream orchid is a terrestrial orchid with a preference for shaded, moist environments. Its slender, tall stems bear broad, lush leaves and give way to delicate greenish flowers with distinctive brownish-purple markings. The blooms, adapted for insect pollination, emerge sequentially, lending japanese stream orchid an extended period of visual intrigue. Resilient to cool climates, it often thrives in forest understories where it can form sizable colonies.
Violet helleborine
Violet helleborine
Epipactis purpurata, the violet helleborine, is an orchid found in France, the United Kingdom, Slovenia, and Serbia.
Epipactis bugacensis
Epipactis bugacensis
Epipactis bugacensis is a rare terrestrial orchid native to European grasslands, displaying a slender, greenish-brown stem. Its striking flowers, characterized by pale yellow-green petals with a purple-brown labellum, emerge in midsummer. This hardy species thrives in calcareous soils, its success linked to a symbiotic relationship with specific soil fungi vital for nutrient uptake.
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Dracaena
Dracaena are popular house plants that are easy to grow. They can tolerate low-light conditions and require little watering. Their leaves range from variegated to dark green. Their characteristic traits include woody stems that grow slowly but offer a striking appearance for small spaces such as apartments or offices.
Fig trees
Fig trees have been cultivated in many regions for their fruits, particularly the common fig, F. carica. Most of the species have edible fruits, although the common fig is the only one of commercial value. Fig trees are also important food sources for wildlife in the tropics, including monkeys, bats, and insects.
Brambles
Brambles are members of the rose family, and there are hundreds of different types to be found throughout the European countryside. They have been culturally significant for centuries; Christian folklore stories hold that when the devil was thrown from heaven, he landed on a bramble bush. Their vigorous growth habit can tangle into native plants and take over.
Maples
The popular tree family known as maples change the color of their leaves in the fall. Many cultural traditions encourage people to watch the colors change, such as momijigari in Japan. Maples popular options for bonsai art. Alternately, their sap is used to create maple syrup.
Prunus
Prunus is a genus of flowering fruit trees that includes almonds, cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines, and apricots. These are often known as "stone fruits" because their pits are large seeds or "stones." When prunus trees are damaged, they exhibit "gummosis," a condition in which the tree's gum (similar to sap) is secreted to the bark to help heal external wounds.
Nightshades
Nightshades is a large and diverse genus of plants, with more than 1500 different types worldwide. This genus incorporates both important staple food crops like tomato, potato, and eggplant, but also dangerous poisonous plants from the nightshade family. The name was coined by Pliny the Elder almost two thousand years ago.
Roses
Most species of roses are shrubs or climbing plants that have showy flowers and sharp thorns. They are commonly cultivated for cut flowers or as ornamental plants in gardens due to their attractive appearance, pleasant fragrance, and cultural significance in many countries. The rose hips (fruits) can also be used in jams and teas.
Oaks
Oaks are among the world's longest-lived trees, sometimes growing for over 1,000 years! The oldest known oak tree is in the southern United States and is over 1,500 years old. Oaks produce an exceedingly popular type of wood which is used to make different products, from furniture and flooring to wine barrels and even cosmetic creams.
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Helleborines
Epipactis
The helleborines (Epipactis) are hardy orchids that tend to grow in wet environments. These species also commonly grow in disturbed areas, including roadsides, lawns, and cracks in sidewalks. Most of these plants are protected species, although one species (E. helleborine) is invasive in North America.
Lifespan
Perennial
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Key Facts About Helleborines
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Attributes of Helleborines
Leaf type
Semi-evergreen
Scientific Classification of Helleborines
Phylum
Vascular plants Class
Monocotyledons Order
Asparagus and allies Family
Orchid Genus
Helleborines Distribution of Helleborines
Feedback
Distribution Map of Helleborines
Native
Cultivated
Invasive
Potentially invasive
Exotic
No species reported
How to Grow and Care for Helleborines
Feedback
The helleborines plant genus requires moderate to bright indirect light, with warmer temperatures in summer (60–75°F) and cooler in winter (50–60°F). It thrives in well-draining compost-based potting mix supplemented with leaf mold or garden loam. Several helleborines species, however, prefer alkaline soil. Commonly affected by vine weevils, aphids, and fusarium wilt, this hardy shrub may have diverse difficulties depending on its specific species. Spring to summer is its optimal growth period that may require slight increases in watering and perhaps some added nutrition. Additionally, avoid overwatering in autumn and winter months, keeping the plant in a well-lit, cooler location.
How to Water Helleborines?
What Are the Sunlight Requirements for Helleborines?
How to Plant Helleborines?
Exploring the Helleborines Plants
Feedback
8 most common species：
Broad-leaved helleborine
Broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) is a common woodland orchid that grows from 30 to 91 cm tall. In late summer to early fall, greenish-purple flowers bloom along the stem attracting mature bees and their offspring to its heady nectar. Grows well in shaded areas, along roadsides or in woodland areas.
Marsh helleborine
Marsh helleborine's Latin name, Epipactis palustris, roughly translates to 'grow above the marsh', which it indeed does. Due to its beautiful blooms, marsh helleborine is often planted in cottage gardens and beside streams and ponds where it thrives. It is an important plant for wildlife – deer like to eat it.
Stream orchid
Stream orchid (Epipactis gigantea) is one of the most common orchids on North America's Pacific coast and can be found from British Columbia to Mexico. It prefers high altitudes, and is frequently grown as a decorative plant. This species is also known as giant helleborine and chatterbox.
Dark red helleborine
This beautiful orchid lives in a symbiotic relationship with the fungi of the Pezizales order, exchanging essential nutrients. Its habitat is associated with limestone and disturbed soils. It is pollinated by bees and butterflies, which can be often seen buzzing around the flower.
Show More Species
All Species of Helleborines
More Popular Genus
Feedback
Dracaena
Dracaena are popular house plants that are easy to grow. They can tolerate low-light conditions and require little watering. Their leaves range from variegated to dark green. Their characteristic traits include woody stems that grow slowly but offer a striking appearance for small spaces such as apartments or offices.
Fig trees
Fig trees have been cultivated in many regions for their fruits, particularly the common fig, F. carica. Most of the species have edible fruits, although the common fig is the only one of commercial value. Fig trees are also important food sources for wildlife in the tropics, including monkeys, bats, and insects.
Brambles
Brambles are members of the rose family, and there are hundreds of different types to be found throughout the European countryside. They have been culturally significant for centuries; Christian folklore stories hold that when the devil was thrown from heaven, he landed on a bramble bush. Their vigorous growth habit can tangle into native plants and take over.
Maples
The popular tree family known as maples change the color of their leaves in the fall. Many cultural traditions encourage people to watch the colors change, such as momijigari in Japan. Maples popular options for bonsai art. Alternately, their sap is used to create maple syrup.
Prunus
Prunus is a genus of flowering fruit trees that includes almonds, cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines, and apricots. These are often known as "stone fruits" because their pits are large seeds or "stones." When prunus trees are damaged, they exhibit "gummosis," a condition in which the tree's gum (similar to sap) is secreted to the bark to help heal external wounds.
Nightshades
Nightshades is a large and diverse genus of plants, with more than 1500 different types worldwide. This genus incorporates both important staple food crops like tomato, potato, and eggplant, but also dangerous poisonous plants from the nightshade family. The name was coined by Pliny the Elder almost two thousand years ago.
Roses
Most species of roses are shrubs or climbing plants that have showy flowers and sharp thorns. They are commonly cultivated for cut flowers or as ornamental plants in gardens due to their attractive appearance, pleasant fragrance, and cultural significance in many countries. The rose hips (fruits) can also be used in jams and teas.
Oaks
Oaks are among the world's longest-lived trees, sometimes growing for over 1,000 years! The oldest known oak tree is in the southern United States and is over 1,500 years old. Oaks produce an exceedingly popular type of wood which is used to make different products, from furniture and flooring to wine barrels and even cosmetic creams.
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