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Pogonia ophioglossoides
Also called Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth
Snakemouth orchid is a small terrestrial orchid native to wet acidic habitats from central Canada to the eastern United States. Keep its roots consistently moist in acidic, sphagnum-rich conditions, which is the key to growing it.
Pogonia ophioglossoides, also known the snakemouth orchid, adder's tongue or rose pogonia, is a species of orchid occurring from central Canada to the east-central and eastern United States. This species occurs in wet habitats. It is the type species of the genus Pogonia, and is the only species of its genus native to North America.
Colonies of rose pogonia are found growing in wet habitats with acidic soils often containing sphagnum moss. These may include bogs, fens, marshes, and meadows. In the north, the habitat is typically fens but sometimes also bogs. Further south, along the Gulf Coast, it is a species of wet pine savannas and flatwoods. It is typically found growing alongside the orchid species Arethusa bulbosa and Calopogon tuberosus.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pogonia ophioglossoides 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.
