Epipactis

Collected by the late Don Jacobs from an especially robust population at the eastern extension of its range in in the Arbuckle Mountains of Oklahoma. This eastern extension our native Western Stream Orchid will soon form a colony of flowering stems with small orange-yellow-brown flowers. Moist to wet rich soil - it's easy!

These are divisions with a minimum of two growth buds of this very rarely offered, hardy terrestrial orchid from the western Himalaya and Pamirs, and which is a central Asian counterpart to our own native Epipactis gigantea. This has freakishly nice rose-pink flowers with as many as 15 per stem. Easy in the garden and a good multiplier with underground rhizomes forming a small colony of 18" stems.

A vigorous cross between our native stream orchid Epipactis gigantea and the European marsh orchid, E. palustris. This will make lots of stems to 18" with small flowers whose various parts are colored in orange-red, brownish and yellow and white. Easy given a rich moist soil and hardy to Z5. These are single stem divisions potted early this spring and won't put it's best foot forward this year but will seem like money well-spent come next.

A rich reddish purple foliage form of our native Western Stream Orchid found by Roger Raiche in California and the best foliage of any selection. Totally hardy outside and loves a wet spot but is perfectly happy in a garden bed that doesn't dry out. This makes a colony of vibrant colored leafy stems bearing numerous orange-brown-yellow flowers. Divisions from our patch potted this spring. This can be found throughout the entire western half of the US.