A Few Bog Orchids
 

Just a few that have bloomed so far this spring, plus a pic of some REALLY good news. First is Dactylorhiza maculata, second is Ponerorchis x Enomotoe, third is Rose Pogonia, Pogonia ophioglossoides. Fourth is Pogonia japonica, and the last pic shows a Venus fly trap 'Akai Ryu', but if you look directly behind it you can see two small plants with white edges to their leaves. They're a Pecteilus radiata 'Ginga' that wintered over and are growing well.

Very nice! Are all these blooming in your man-made bog?

They were, but they're just about done now. More to come soon though!

The only one of these that I've seen here in MI is the Rose Pogonia growing among a bunch of sundews on a quaking bog. Near by were some Calopogon. The same bog had Spiranthese sp. later in the season and, of course, pitcher plants.

Amazing.

Calopogon will be in the next batch of blooms, along with Spiranthes sinensis. Shortly to after that the Platanthera will start with clavellata and then ciliaris. Then hopefully Pecteilus radiata, followed by the rest of the Spiranthes.

The same bog, away from the quaking bog, also had Cyp. acaule, Cyp. reginae and Arethusa bulbosa. There may have been others, but those are the only ones I found and photographed (pre-digital days).

Arethusa bulbosa is right at the top of my wish list right now, along with Eleorchis japonica.

Beautiful!

Watching this project from the get-go has been such a pleasure. This has turned out to be quite the masterpiece Subrosa.

:bowing :bowing :bowing

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PS I like the Pongonia best. Could I grow those varmits here?

Easily. If you can grow Sphagnum moss, Pogonia just comes along for the ride. Do you prefer P. ophioglossoides or P. japonica?

I've never grown sphagnum moss, at least on purpose. There's moss growing down by the creek sometimes, but don't know what kind it is. I have some moss in a terrarium... the one I told you about that I got on a rock from husband's family graves in Guernville CA? But I'm not doing anything... it just grows in there. Not sure I would know live sphag if I saw it. :blushing:

So I would just put one in with my carnivorous plants? My little "bog" is an experiment, as I've never done carnivorous before... other than a couple of failed V.Flytraps. Which didn't actually fail... I didn't know they went dormant and pitched them. :blushing:

Once my little bog gets filled up, I plan on transferring them to a really big pot I have. But it appears they grow pretty slowly, so I'm probably a few years away from that.

Both those P's are gorgeous... the first one pictured seems more ethereal. Then again, I'm scheduled for first cataract surgery appointment next week, so everything looks pretty ethereal right now. :rofl:

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PS Not even gonna try to remember how to spell those names! I have a hard enough time with the darned orchids. :biggrin:

A friend sent me several corms of grass pink orchids, Calopogon tuberosus last year. He told me he thought there might be a var albiflora among them. Apparently only one has come back this year, but......

The right one! Nice!

Yeppers! If you only have one survivor, that’s the right one!!

Platanthera clavellata, the Little Bog Club Spur Orchid. One of the easiest and most adaptable native bog orchids. It spreads readily both vegetatively and from seed. Each tuber produces a single flower spike. The clump started as a single tuber collected 3 years ago on private property with permission. It was growing in a very
shady situation in clumps of Sphagnum in and along a spring run through heavy woods, but adapted nicely to full sun:

Wow! That is LOVING your bog!

Wow, that's awesome!! So interesting to see them cultivated; I've only seen pictures of them in the wild before this. :)

I couldn't wait until it bloomed to post this one! Pecteilis radiata 'Ginga', which wintered over in the bog, in spike:

Platanthera ciliaris, just starting to come into bloom:

these guys really put on a show!!

Beautiful plants!

Surprise!

Oh wow! Hab. radiata?

Yup. I'm just amazed that it wintered over in the bog.

Actually, I think it needs a cold winter. I once had it on my order list from Hengduan Mountains Biotechnology, but I asked Wenqing Perner (the owner) about it, that if it needed frost to take it out of my order. She took it out... I had tried it a couple of times and failed miserably, and conclude that it needs a significant chill that I can't give it.

That could be the case. I tried it a couple times before in pots that I wintered indoors, and only once did it come back from dormancy. And even then the plants were weak and died before blooming.

Hab. dentata doesn't need to get so cold... I have managed to get that one to come back (outside, southern California)

I have a H. medusa getting ready to bloom. I'm definitely going to try crossing them.

Ponerorchis x Enomotoe this year

Spiranthes sinensis and Ponerorchis graminifolia:

Platanthera ciliaris, spreading nicely compared to last year:

I love orange, and love fringes... this one has both. Outstanding!

Just when I thought I had lost all of these over the winter...

Beautiful! Pecteilis radiata?

That it is. I was sure they were all gone, but I did get a bit lazy with the weeding...

Platanthera cristata, historically native here but considered extirpated: