58 ORCHID FAMILY 



Limodonun graminifolium. Flowers about 1 in. wide, 

 lighter purple than above species. Stem 6-16 in. tall. Leaf 

 4-8 in. long. Pinelands. Blooming in winter and spring. 

 Fla. to N. C. 



Limodorum tuberosum (Calopogon pulchellus). Flowers 

 magenta or pinkish purple, 1 in. or more across. Stem 1-3 

 ft. tall, 4-15-flowered. Leaf 4-24 in. long, 1/2-! in. wide. Low 

 grounds. Blooming in spring and summer. Fla. to Mo., 

 Newfoundland, and Minn. 



Limodorum Simpsonii. Flowers purple, sometimes white, 

 1-2 in. across. Stem 1-3 ft. tall. Leaf very narrow, 8-15 

 in. long. Low grounds. Blooming in spring and summer. 

 Southern Fla. 



Bletia purpurea. The purple bletia, an orchid of southern 

 Florida pinelands and swamps, has a bulb-like root from the 

 side of which the flowering-stem rises. This is one to four 

 feet tall, and bears many purple flowers, about an inch across, 

 with oblong sepals, broader petals, and a 3-lobed, crested lip. 

 The several leaves are one to two feet long, and one to three 

 inches wide. 



Triorchos ecristatus. This tall orchid of pinelands, whose 

 narrow leaves, one to two feet long, resemble the leaves of 

 young palmettos, blooms in late summer. The wand-like 

 flowering stem, which rises from the side of the bulb-like 

 root, is two to five feet tall, and bears several flowers. The 

 sepals and two of the petals are green or yellowish green, 

 and are less than half an inch in length. The small, broad, 

 3-lobed lip is brown. It is found in the Florida peninsula. 



Rose Pogonia. Snake-Mouth (Genus Pogonia) 



The pogonia, like the limodorum, has a bearded lip, but 

 in this case the lip is narrow, and is on the lower side of the 

 flower, which does not open so widely as the flowers of 

 limodorums. 



This orchid is often very abundant in open marshes 

 during late winter and spring, and to its beauty adds a 

 fragrance that tantalizes with a suggestion of many per- 

 fumes. It is found in northern states also, but in Florida 

 it takes on a more luxuriant growth, and frequently bears 



