Guess What Orchid I'm Planting Here!
 

I just did a little project since the rain has apparently stopped. I terraced in a native white pine tree on the NW facing slope in my back yard with a wall built of some found stone. The wall is a bit over 1' tall. I dug out behind the wall until I hit tree roots, and backfilled with a mix that started out 1 part peat, 1 part perlite, and 3 parts sand. With that I mixed two parts pine needles. For reference I live in SE PA.

Pleiones? I read an article recently published by the aos about growing these in artificial bogs and this reminded me of it.

Some Cyps are found naturally growing by pine trees but I seem to remember you pursuing something else.....

Some sort of carnivorous plant???

These definitely orchids, and native ones at that!

I'm guessing Cypripedium acaule.

Bingo!

That's going to be lovely in the spring. Good luck!