Pogonia ophioglossoides
species of plant
Pogonia ophioglossoides, also known the snakemouth orchid, adder's tongue or rose pogonia, is a species of orchid occurring from central Canada to the east-central and eastern United States. This species occurs in wet habitats. It is the type species of the genus Pogonia, and is the only species of its genus native to North America.
Description
Rose pogonia is a terrestrial orchid species that typically grows between 8-70cm. Specific attributes, however, are variable depending on the environmental conditions in which they grow.
Flowers
The flowers of rose pogonia exhibit colour polymorphism, and may range from a pale to dark pink, and occasionally white. Typically one solitary flower (rarely two or three) is borne on a single stem which arises from a rosette of fleshy basal leaves. Bloom times typically last for a long period from June to August, which is prolonged due to the staggered flowering times of individual plants in a given colony. The flowers are composed of a leafy bract, three pink sepals, and three pink petals, including a fringed labellum from which the name snakemouth orchid is derived.
Fruit
Rose pogonia orchids produce a ribbed capsule 2 centimetres long.
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