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Hylotelephium telephium

Orpine is a hardy, herbaceous succulent of European and northern Asian woodland edges, hedgebanks and rocky ground, with fleshy toothed leaves and late-summer heads of pink to purple flowers. It dies back to a knobbly rootstock each winter and wants sun, a cold winter and soil that drains well.

Hylotelephium telephium
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Terrestrial perennial of open woodland, woodland margins, hedgebanks, rocky slopes and dry grassland, in sun to light shade.

Recorded from about 80 to 1,700 m, median about 650 m; lowland to submontane.

Western and central EuropeEastern Europe and European RussiaBalkans and GreeceSiberia and the Russian Far EastKazakhstan, Xinjiang and Mongolia regionNortheastern China

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.