Jim Fowler's photos with the keyword: Grass-pink orchid

The sun sneaked behind the clouds for just a moment, so I decided to go outside and photograph the Common Grass-pink orchids that just started opening in my front yard bog garden. This is the rare white form of this species.

The sun sneaked behind the clouds for just a moment, so I decided to go outside and photograph the Common Grass-pink orchids that just started opening in my front yard bog garden. This is the rare white form of this species.

The sun sneaked behind the clouds for just a moment, so I decided to go outside and photograph the Common Grass-pink orchids that just started opening in my front yard bog garden. This is the rare white form of this species.

The sun sneaked behind the clouds for just a moment, so I decided to go outside and photograph the Common Grass-pink orchids that just started opening in my front yard bog garden. This is the rare white form of this species.

The white form of the Common Grass-pink Orchid just started blooming in my front yard bog garden. The white form usually blooms three to four weeks after the standard, purple form blooms. This is one of my favorite terrestrial orchids, and thankfully it is quite easy to grow in a bog garden setting.

The white form of the Common Grass-pink Orchid just started blooming in my front yard bog garden. The white form usually blooms three to four weeks after the standard, purple form blooms. This is one of my favorite terrestrial orchids, and thankfully it is quite easy to grow in a bog garden setting.

This is the first of the orchids to bloom in the bog garden, this year. I'm always a bit apprehensive before they bloom, since the local squirrels tend to dig up the corms (bulbs) as they sprout. This is an easy native orchid to grow, and it usually puts on a good show for a few weeks. A few years ago, I had a large group of these in the garden, but some miscreant came in and pulled them up - left one corm which has mulitplied. This year, I'll have six or seven of the purple ones to bloom. They are now safe from trespassers (except for the squirrels) since I fenced in the front yard...

This is an easy orchid to grow in a home bog garden.

This is an easy orchid to grow in a home bog garden.