And so did calopogon, pogonia, spiranthes, and many other fine plant people that lived in our meadow. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of My Boyhood and Youth] Reference
One example will suffice for present illustration -- the sweet-pogonia or grass-pink of our sedgy swamps. From Wordnik.com. [My Studio Neighbors] Reference
A terrestrial orchid called the small whorled pogonia is very rare in the state, as is the snapdragon-related sandplain gerardia. From Wordnik.com. [News from www.rep-am.com] Reference
Early spring could potentially shift the schedules of flowering plants such as the pogonia orchid and the bumblebee, its pollinator. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News]
Dependence on insects, 144; strange mechanical adaptation; sweet-pogonia; perfume suggesting raspberries, 145; intention of the blossom, 146; adaptation for insects, 147; its fragrance a perfumed whisper of welcome, 148. From Wordnik.com. [My Studio Neighbors] Reference
I had returned to the old home during a summer vacation of the State University, and, having made a beginning in botany, I was, of course, full of enthusiasm and ran eagerly to my beloved pogonia, calopogon, and cypripedium gardens, osmunda ferneries, and the lake lilies and pitcher-plants. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of My Boyhood and Youth] Reference
The South Mountains contain forested areas that harbor many uncommon or rare plant species, including turkey beard (Xerophyllum asphodeloides) on xeric ridges and one of North America’s rarest orchids, the small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides). From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of North Carolina and South Carolina (EPA)] Reference
Rose pogonia. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
It makes a pet of one of our oddest, brightest, and showiest flowers, the pink lady's-slipper, and by some means or other has enticed it away from the peat bog, where it surely should be growing, along with the calopogon, the pogonia, and the arethusa, and here it is, like some rare exotic, thriving in a bed of sand and on a mat of brown needles. From Wordnik.com. [The Foot-path Way] Reference
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