Fringed Orchid - Orange

$39.95

Ease to Grow: Moderate
Dormancy: Required
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. Flower spikes are tall and benefit from staking, and protection from the wind. Best flowering occurs with plants in full sun, shade tends to reduce flower size and abundance. It is a bog plant which grows in open, acidic bogs with sphagnum moss, but is adaptable to drier, upland conditions, as long as the soil remains damp during flowering. It does best in wet conditions, and frequently sends out a stolon budding small plants. It is an adaptable and vigorous grower. Platanthera ciliaris seeds are very fine and can be a challenge to germinate. It is winter hardy, and should be protected from rodents during dormancy. Mulch with 4+" of pine needles in the Fall. Leave at least a 1" of needles after spring cleanup. The rhizomes can be stored in damp sphagnum at 35°F (2°C) in a refrigerator for 3 or 4 months. Water with rain/distilled water, they are sensitive to mineral buildup. It spreads nicely and grows well among pitcher plants. It is nearly identical to the White Fringed Orchid in all respects, except color.  It is a late summer star in the bog garden, and makes good cut flowers.

Our plants are not collected from the wild, and are propagated from root divisions of plants in our collection.

Plants are shipped bare-root, wrapped in damp sphagnum moss. In it's dormant season, it will be shipped as a dormant root/rhizome. Photographs are representative of species, and not the specific Plantanthera ciliaris for sale.

Height: 8" - 16"
Plant Type: Perennial, cold temperate
Soil: Bog Orchid Mix
Soil pH: 4.5-6
Light: Full to Partial Sun
Use: Grows best outdoors in the bog garden or pots.

Customer Reviews

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Gary
Fringed orchid

Small, but in good shape and starting to grow outside in my bog container.

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Charles Schneider
Orange Fringed Orchid off to a good start

Looking good! I planted in 3.5” pots on March 15, in my sunroom. Today is April 7 and the leaves are just over two inches tall. Looking to plant them outside in a few weeks.

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Kathy Klein

No corm doubt it will sprout in the spring

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laura grant
First class plants

I am very satisfied with all purchases from this company and can highly recommend it!

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Elizabeth Lowenthal
I fear that this one was too delicious

The small plant arrived looking perfectly healthy and seemed to establish itself well in my bog. But, a few weeks after it arrived, it disappeared. My suspicion is that it was eaten because it had a healthy-appearing leaf before it disappeared and never showed signs of not growing well. Other orchids around it continued to grow unharmed. So, it's possible that this one was particularly attractive to the rabbits or squirrels that frequent our gardens. It's a particular shame because this was the most expensive of my recent garden additions. :(

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