Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Orchidaceae

Genus:

Cleistes

Species:

Cleistes pusilla

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Geophyte

Height:

50 cm

Drought Tolerance:

Low

Bloom Months:

may,jun,jul

Bloom Colors:

pink, magenta, white

Garden & Ecology Notes

Wildlife Value:

bees, native pollinators

Deer Resistant:

Yes

Fire Ecology:

Fire adapted — tolerates or benefits from fire

Fire Notes:

Found in fire-maintained longleaf pine ecosystems; benefits from periodic prescribed burns that maintain open canopy and suppress woody competition.

Propagation & Germination

Notes:

Orchid seeds require mycorrhizal symbiosis for germination; typically propagated through asymbiotic tissue culture in cultivation.

The above propagation data sourced from Claude AI