Species Orchid, LargeWhorled Pogonia

This is a beautiful flower. Easily mistaken for Indian cucumber because the foliage is similar. It is much easier to ID when in bloom t...Read Morehan trying to ID it by foliage alone.

This orchid is overall small in size but the flowers are actually fairly large. The flowers are short-lived and plants only blooms in ce...Read Morertain years so it is quite a treat to see one in bloom. They grow in moist woodlands of pine, maple and aspen. They occur from the New England States south along Appalachia to eastern Texas. In Canada, they only occur in a few areas of southern Ontario.