Goodyera repens

Creeping lady's-tresses, a small evergreen jewel orchid with net-veined leaves that creeps through moss and needle litter in old conifer and mixed forests across the northern hemisphere. It is fully winter-hardy, depends on mycorrhizal fungi, and needs a cold winter; it does badly in warm, stuffy conditions.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Moss and needle litter on the floor of undisturbed old-growth conifer and mixed forest, spreading by shallow stolons; it does not recolonise burned or logged ground.

Records span 9–1433 m (median 893 m); in western Europe it is largely confined to higher ground, in Scandinavia it grows near sea level.

SwedenNorwayFinlandFranceGreat BritainGermanySwitzerlandRussiaCanadaNorthern USAHimalayaChinaJapan

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.