Types of Orchids
Orchids are not only tropical houseplants: North America has dozens of wild native species, from the flamboyant lady’s slippers to ground orchids so small you would walk right past them. Many are rare, slow-growing, and legally protected. Here are the orchids in the Huck field guide.
13 orchids in the Huck field guide. Tap any one for identification, habitat, diet, and a live sightings map.
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Are there wild orchids in North America?
Yes, hundreds of native species, including the lady’s slippers, ladies’-tresses, and fringed orchids. They grow in bogs, prairies, and rich woods, and some are among the rarest plants on the continent.
Can you transplant a wild orchid?
Almost never successfully, and often illegally. Wild orchids depend on specific soil fungi to survive and nearly always die when dug up. Enjoy and photograph them where they grow, and buy nursery-propagated plants for the garden.