Laelia is the happy, private companion for people who love orchids — honest reads of your plant's roots, leaves, and spikes, and a real celebration when the bloom arrives.
Most plant apps treat orchids like desert cacti or generic houseplants. Laelia is built from the ground up for the unique needs of orchid enthusiasts.
Laelia shows you what it sees, what it likely means, how to confirm it, and how confident it is — instead of barking "water now."
Rigid "water every Tuesday" reminders are what kill orchids. Laelia helps you read the plant, not obey an alarm.
Care that actually differs by genus — Phalaenopsis, Cattleya, Dendrobium, Vanda, Oncidium — not one generic schedule.
Photograph roots, leaves, or a spike for an expert read: what's there, what it likely means, how to confirm, and what to do. Confidence is always displayed honestly, never faked.
Snap a photo for the likely genus and species, calibrated with uncertainty. It never bluffs a cultivar — you get clear, honest guidance on what your orchid is and how to verify it.
Build a beautiful photo timeline for each plant and watch its journey unfold over months and years. Capture health reports, new roots, spikes, and blooms as a visual journal, not an alarm log.
The whole reason we grow orchids. Laelia supports your orchid's spike development and gives you a genuine celebration when the bloom finally arrives. Pride and joy, not chore and diagnosis.
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Your collection lives on your device — every name, journal entry, and growth photo stays on your phone. The only thing that ever leaves is a photo you choose to send for a read, sent anonymously with location and metadata stripped, never stored, never used to train AI. No account. No login. No tracking. No ads.
Healthy orchids come from reading the plant, not following a rigid calendar. Here are the fundamentals — the same observation-first approach the app guides you through.
Healthy orchid roots are plump and silvery-green, turning bright green just after watering. Water when the roots look silvery and the bark mix is nearly dry — not on a fixed weekly schedule. Overwatering is the most common cause of root rot.
Most Phalaenopsis and Oncidium thrive in bright, indirect light — an east-facing window is ideal; Cattleya and Vanda take more. Dark, floppy leaves mean too little light; red-tinged or bleached leaves mean too much.
Firm, upright leaves and a glossy growing tip signal a happy plant; wrinkled leaves usually mean a water or root problem. Learn to tell a flower spike (flattened, mitten-shaped tip) from a root (rounded, green tip) — the spike is your future bloom.
After flowering, keep care steady with bright indirect light. A modest night-time temperature drop of about 5–8°C (10–15°F) for a few weeks often triggers a new Phalaenopsis spike. Don't cut a green, healthy spike — patience beats forcing.
Laelia turns these signals into a clear, honest read for your specific plant — with the confidence level always shown.
"I built Laelia because every plant app treated my orchids like generic houseplants — barking 'water now' on a fixed schedule. Orchids don't work that way. Laelia teaches you to read the plant, keeps everything private, and never asks for a subscription. It's the app I wanted for my own windowsill."
Track up to 2 orchids with the full app experience: genus ID, diagnosis readings, species-specific care, and the growth journal.
One payment for unlimited orchids, supporting your whole collection. No subscriptions, ever. Restore on all your Apple devices.
Free to download · Lifetime Unlock available in-app on iPhone
Everything about the app, pricing, privacy — and a few orchid-care basics.
Yes. Laelia is free to download and free to use for up to 2 orchids, with the full experience: orchid ID, the read-my-plant diagnosis, genus-aware care, and the growth journal. A one-time $29.99 Lifetime Unlock adds unlimited orchids. There is no subscription.
No. Laelia never charges a subscription. The only paid option is a single one-time $29.99 Lifetime Unlock for unlimited orchids — pay once and it's yours, restorable across your Apple devices.
Laelia provides genus-aware care for popular orchids including Phalaenopsis, Cattleya, Dendrobium, Vanda, and Oncidium, and identifies the likely genus and species from a photo with honestly calibrated uncertainty.
Yes — privacy is literal here. Your collection, names, journal entries, and growth photos stay on your device. A photo you send for a read is sent anonymously with location and metadata stripped, is never stored, and is never used to train AI. No account, no tracking, no ads.
Not yet. Laelia is currently available for iPhone on the App Store.
Photograph the roots, leaves, or a flower spike. Laelia shows you what it sees, what it likely means, how to confirm it, and what to do — and always displays how confident it is instead of bluffing.
Water by observation, not a fixed schedule. For most Phalaenopsis, water when the bark mix is nearly dry and the roots look silvery rather than green. Watering on a rigid weekly calendar is the most common cause of orchid root rot.
Keep the plant healthy with bright, indirect light and steady care. Many Phalaenopsis are nudged into a new spike by a slight night-time temperature drop of about 5–8°C (10–15°F) for a few weeks. Laelia tracks spike development and celebrates the bloom.
Free to try · No subscription, ever · iPhone
