GRASS-PINK ORCHID 



himodorum tuberosum Linnaeus 



Grass-pink orchid is to be looked for in bogs and meadows, in June 

 or July. It is one of five species of the genus occurring in the eastern 

 United States, Cuba, and the Bahamas. This member of the Orchid 

 Family is often plentiful in peat bogs, where it is associated with rose 

 pogonia, or other acid-loving plants. The peculiar arrangement of the 

 flower parts, with the crested lip at the top, gives the impression that 

 the blossoms are placed upside down upon the plant, but actually it is 

 the other orchids with their pendent Hps which are reversed. The name 

 Limodorum, given by Linnaeus, is derived from the Greek and may be 

 translated as"meadowgift." Some botanists use for this plant the genus 

 name Calopogon, which means "beautiful beard." 



This orchid is distributed from Florida to Missouri and northward 

 to Minnesota, Ontario, and Newfoundland. 



The specimen sketched grew near Tuckerton, New Jersey. 



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