Orchids native to Louisiana

[celliff]

Hi,
Can anyone point me in the right direction to find a list of orchids native to Louisiana?

Thanks,
Craig

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

I just pulled an article that talks about the conservation of local Louisiana populations of Cypripedium kentuckiense.

Maybe there's Pogonia ophioglossoides too.

[ronaldhanko]

Paul Martin Brown has a book Wild Orchids of the Southeastern United States that should be helpful.

[lambelkip]

Calopogon barbatus
Calopogon multiflorus
Calopogon oklahomensis
Calopogon pallidus
Calopogon tuberosus
Cleistes bifaria
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
Corallorhiza wisteriana
Cypripedium kentuckiense
Epidendrum magnoliae
Habenaria quinqueseta
Habenaria repens
Hexalectris spicata
Isotria verticillata
Listera australis
Malaxis unifolia
Platanthera blephariglottis
Platanthera ciliaris
Platanthera clavellata
Platanthera flava
Platanthera integra
Platanthera integrilabia
Platanthera lacera
Platanthera nivea
Platythelys querceticola
Pogonia ophioglossoides
Ponthieva racemosa
Pteroglossaspis (Eulophia) ecristata
Spiranthes brevilabris
Spiranthes cernua
Spiranthes eatonii
Spiranthes lacera
Spiranthes laciniata
Spiranthes longilabris
Spiranthes magnicamporum
Spiranthes odorata
Spiranthes ovalis
Spiranthes praecox
Spiranthes tuberosa
Spiranthes vernalis
Tipularia discolor
Triphora trianthophora
Zeuxine strateumatica
there's also a few recognized subspecies for some of these, and a couple natural hybrids

[Royal]

Craig,

The Louisiana Native Plant Society is a great place to start. Dr. Charles Allen is heavily involved with that group and is also a great resource. He leads expeditions to see rare habitats. I got to go last spring and we saw quite a few Cyp. kentuckiense, Calopogon oklahomense, a few Pagonia ophioglossoides. We were hoping to find Isotria verticellata (spelling?) but it eluded us.

[celliff]

Thank you for all the helpful responses!
Kip, where did you find this list? I searched the web for days, and only found four or five natives.
I will definitely look into Mr. Brown's book and the LA Native Plant Society.

[lambelkip]

I pulled a list of orchids found in LA from the USDA website, and checked which ones were native