Known commonly as the rosebud orchid or spreading pogonia, (Cleistes bifaria) is a beautiful and uncommon orchid species found in many of the southern bogs on the Coastal Plain in Alabama.
Rosebud Orchid

Photograph by Curtis Hansen

Known commonly as the rosebud orchid or spreading pogonia, (Cleistes bifaria) is a beautiful and uncommon orchid species found in many of the southern bogs on the Coastal Plain in Alabama.