Chinese Ground Orchid seedpod

The spikes of purplish-pink flowers emerge early in some springs and can be damaged by late spring freezes unless mulched well. Leaves are usually about 1 inch wide. When established, almost every 12-15" shoot will rise up from the pseudo-bulb containing up to fourteen individual, orchid-like flowers. Foliage is 12-18" in length and pleated. Established clumps can have dozens of flower spikes, each individual flowers resembling a miniature Cattleya orchid. Propagation is by dividing large clumps in late summer to early fall.