Fringed Orchid - Orange Intermediate Native Range: Wet Pocosins of

Native Range: Wet Pocosins of the Gulf Coast from Georgia to the Mississippi Delta

It can easily form colonies with each plant having 8 to 12 pitchers

It is named after its flower color

In this laboratory experience students learn and practice the propagation method of bulb division

Fringed Orchid - Orange Intermediate Native Range: Wet Pocosins ofEase to Grow: Moderate Dormancy: Yes Native Range: Peat Bogs of Eastern North America Zones: 4 9 (3 10) Orange Fringed Orchid, Platanthera ciliaris, is stunning in the summer bog garden. It has a large, bright orange cylindrical cluster of 30 75+ dainty flowers with showy, fringed lips and long spurs. It is a late summer bloomer, and flowers last for a month or more. Leaves are long and lanceolate, reducing to small bracts with the flower cluster.