Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Orchidaceae

Genus:

Cleistes

Species:

Cleistes tenuis

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Geophyte

Height:

60 cm

Drought Tolerance:

Low

Bloom Months:

may,jun,jul

Bloom Colors:

pink, magenta, white

Garden & Ecology Notes

Wildlife Value:

bees, specialist pollinators

Deer Resistant:

Yes

Fire Ecology:

Fire adapted — tolerates or benefits from fire

Fire Notes:

Thrives in fire-maintained longleaf pine savannas; fire removes competing vegetation and maintains open canopy conditions required for persistence.

Propagation & Germination

Notes:

Orchid seed requires mycorrhizal fungi for germination; extremely difficult to propagate from seed outside natural conditions.

The above propagation data sourced from Claude AI