Species, Natural Hybrid Orchid, Orange Plume, Yellow Fringed Orchid

Per Rogier van Vugt, the Head Gardener at the greenhouses at Leiden University and at Hortus botanicus Leiden, from Noordwijk, Zuid-Holla...Read Morend, Netherlands:
"Platanthera ciliaris
When one hears the word orchid, immediately the connection is made with warm exotic places. While in fact many orchids grow in temperate and even artic places.
This fine species is one of those cold hardy ones. It occurs in the Eastern United States where it grows in boggy grasslands or peat swamps."

While this is a marvelous wetlands plant, DO NOT collect seeds or plants from the wild. If you SEE this plant growing wild in one of th...Read Moree states where it is listed as an Endangered Species, report it to your state or federal Endangered Species protection agency so they can protect its habitat.

This great little orchid has been a reliable performer in my bog garden. It can be grown from seed in vitro and will bloom in 2-3 years f...Read Morerom flasking.