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
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Photograph by Curtis Hansen
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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.