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Calopogon (From kalos beautiful and pogon)

(from kalos, beautiful, and pogon, a beard; in reference to the fringe on the lip). ORD. Orchideae. Very pretty, hardy, tuberous-rooted Orchids, admirably suited for a good shady position at the foot of the rockwork, or for an open situation in a hardy fernery. Propagated by offsets, taken from the tuberous roots; but this method of increase is very uncertain. Perhaps the only species in cultivation is the following: C. pulchellus (beautiful).* fl. purple, with a very pretty pale yellow beard or tuft of hairs growing from the lip; two or three to a plant. Late summer. l. few, radical, grass-like. h. 1 1/2ft. North America, 1791. SYN. Limodorum tuberosum. (S. B. F. G. 115.)