Top native pogonias and vanilla orchids
10 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Leafy Vanilla
Vanilla phaeantha
caterpillars
1
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Wormvine Orchid
Vanilla barbellata
caterpillars
1
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Rose Pogonia
Pogonia ophioglossoides
flowers
6
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Large Whorled Pogonia
Isotria verticillata
flowers
3
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Small Spreading Pogonia
Cleistesiopsis bifaria
flowers
2
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Small Coastal Plain Spreading Pogonia
Cleistesiopsis oricamporum
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Large Spreading Pogonia
Cleistesiopsis divaricata
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Small Whorled Pogonia
Isotria medeoloides
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Mexican Vanilla
Vanilla mexicana
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Dillon's Vanilla
Vanilla dilloniana