Bletilla striata likes warm and humid environment, such as under the forest in the wild valley. Slightly cold-resistant, it can be cultivated in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Strong shade resistance, avoiding direct sunlight, and leaves are easy to wither in hot and dry summer. Suitable for sandy loam with good drainage and much humus.

It often grows in wet stone walls and moss layers, often combined with shrubs, or grows on forest edges, grasses and places with mountain springs. It is also born under evergreen broad-leaved forest at an altitude of 100-3200m, under trees or coniferous forests, and cultivated in Beijing and Tianjin.

The stones that Bletilla striata grows are sandstone, so that Bletilla striata can absorb capillary water and firmly absorb it.

Extended data:

Bletilla striata is irregular and oblate, with 2 ~ 3 claw-like branches, with a length of 1.5 ~ 5 cm and a thickness of 0.5 ~ 1.5~5cm. The surface is grayish white or yellowish white, with several concentric rings and brown punctate fibrous root marks, with prominent stem marks on it and traces connecting another tuber on the bottom.

Hard, not easy to break, the section is white horny. Slight gas, bitter taste, sticky to chew.

Bletilla striata is generally distributed in East China, Central South, Southwest China, Gansu, Shaanxi and other places. Guizhou has the largest output and the best quality.