Jim Fowler's photos with the keyword: pitcher plant

Well, I keep saying that I'm not going back up to the Heritage Preserve again, but I did one last time. I met Jim and Becky Petranka, friends from North Carolina, to show them the special place that is Eva Chandler Heritage Preserve. This is probably the best year I've seen up there for Spiranthes cernua orchids. The topography is quite varied, but everywhere there is a wet seep or next to the cataract that flows through the Preserve, these orchids grow in impressive numbers. Again, a very good year...

There is something blooming in my bog garden now that the pitcher plants have finished blooming. This orchid species is one that is usually seen as having magenta/pink flowers. However, occasionally there is a white one in the bunch. My original plant came from a roadside in North Carolina, near the Atlantic coast. Over the years, it has multiplied, and now it provides a bit of contrast with the dark red and yellow pitchers of my Sarracenia plants...

There is something blooming in my bog garden now that the pitcher plants have finished blooming. This orchid species is one that is usually seen as having magenta/pink flowers. However, occasionally there is a white one in the bunch. My original plant came from a roadside in North Carolina, near the Atlantic coast. Over the years, it has multiplied, and now it provides a bit of contrast with the dark red and yellow pitchers of my Sarracenia plants...

There is something blooming in my bog garden now that the pitcher plants have finished blooming. This orchid species is one that is usually seen as having magenta/pink flowers. However, occasionally there is a white one in the bunch. My original plant came from a roadside in North Carolina, near the Atlantic coast. Over the years, it has multiplied, and now it provides a bit of contrast with the dark red and yellow pitchers of my Sarracenia plants...

There is something blooming in my bog garden now that the pitcher plants have finished blooming. This orchid species is one that is usually seen as having magenta/pink flowers. However, occasionally there is a white one in the bunch. My original plant came from a roadside in North Carolina, near the Atlantic coast. Over the years, it has multiplied, and now it provides a bit of contrast with the dark red and yellow pitchers of my Sarracenia plants...

There is something blooming in my bog garden now that the pitcher plants have finished blooming. This orchid species is one that is usually seen as having magenta/pink flowers. However, occasionally there is a white one in the bunch. My original plant came from a roadside in North Carolina, near the Atlantic coast. Over the years, it has multiplied, and now it provides a bit of contrast with the dark red and yellow pitchers of my Sarracenia plants...

There is something blooming in my bog garden now that the pitcher plants have finished blooming. This orchid species is one that is usually seen as having magenta/pink flowers. However, occasionally there is a white one in the bunch. My original plant came from a roadside in North Carolina, near the Atlantic coast. Over the years, it has multiplied, and now it provides a bit of contrast with the dark red and yellow pitchers of my Sarracenia plants...

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Terrestrial orchid, native to the southeastern United States.

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Terrestrial orchid, native to the southeastern United States.

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Terrestrial orchid, native to the southeastern United States.

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One of the few Grass-pinks left in the bog garden. Hopefully, they will multiply in the coming years.

Originally found in southeastern North Carolina, these Grass-pink orchids (Calopogon tuberosus - white form) are the last of the Grass-pinks in the bog garden to bloom. They did well this year, and are just about past peak even though there are a couple dozen more buds to open.