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Culture & Care for the genus Pogonia

Introduction to the genus





General cultivation techniques

Specific guidelines

Pogonia ophioglossoides by clark riley, baltimore

  1. Be able to grow live Sphagnum. You need rain/distilled/reverse osmosis… ie good clean water. You can sprout Sphagnum by adding enough of the aforementioned water to dried, long-fibered Sphagnum in a zip-lock bag. and keeping it in moderate light - not direct sun. Pogonia grows by sending out a spaghetti-like network of roots/rhizomes. The leaves sprout from time to time along this tangle. The Sphagnum can fill the pot - I use aircone pots for what it's worth - or can be lain atop wet sand/perlite. Acidic, or at least low-mineral conditions are necessary. I never took the pH, but neither did I ever use any additives to alter the natural pH.
  2. NEVER LET IT DRY OUT. It will die.
  3. Lots of light! This is a bog plant, evolved to enjoy dawn to dusk sunlight.

In-vitro culture

Hybridisation notes

Pollinators

References

Flowering calendar

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Location
Pogonia ophioglossoides            SE Manitoba, Canada

Detailed data: Aggregated observation dates from the GBIF.org network.
A colored month means an observation in habitat or collection date of a herbarium specimen with flower or inflorescence. The number refers to the year of last observation or collection.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Location
Pogonia debilis        1867    Guatemala
Pogonia ophioglossoides      1889      Japan
Pogonia ophioglossoides     1961  18411852   U.S.A.

Species

Below is a list of names accepted by Kew Monocot Checklist. For a full list containing the invalid names, please click here.

World Checklist for Pogonia. With the permission of the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Published on the Internet
Database integration using Royal Botanical Gardens Kew for reference
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Pogonia  -----   Juss., Gen. Pl.: 65 (1789).
   Pogonia japonica  -----   Rchb.f., Linnaea 25: 228 (1852).
   Pogonia kungii  -----   Tang & F.T.Wang, Contr. Inst. Bot. Natl. Acad. Peiping 2: 135 (1934).
   Pogonia minor  -----   (Makino) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 137 (1909).
   Pogonia ophioglossoides  -----   (L.) Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 2: t. 148 (1816).
   Pogonia parvula  -----   Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 54 (1919).
   Pogonia trinervia  -----   (Roxb.) Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 632 (1845).
   Pogonia yunnanensis  -----   Finet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 44: 419 (1897).