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Pale grass-pink

Calopogon pallidus

Also called Pale Grasspink

Pale grass-pink
Photo: Ncplantsman, CC BY-SA 4.0

Calopogon pallidus is a native terrestrial orchid of the southeastern United States, grown mainly by enthusiasts and native plant gardens rather than as a common houseplant. It thrives in wet, sunny, acidic conditions such as bogs and wet meadows.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Grass, Orchid
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist to wet, never letting it dry out.
Soil
Acidic, moist, peaty or sandy mix, often bog-type soil.
Temperature
Tolerates cool winters; hardy in its native southeastern US range, protect potted plants from hard freezes.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SE. U.S.A.
Climate
subtropical

About

Calopogon pallidus, the pale grass-pink, is a species of orchid native to the southeastern United States, from Louisiana to Virginia.

Other Calopogon plants

Bearded grass-pink · Many-flowered grass-pink orchid · Oklahoma grasspink · Tuberous grass pink · Grasspink

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calopogon pallidus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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