Stream Orchid
Epipactis giganteanative · Central Texas
Stream Orchid is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 2 ft tall. It wants part shade to shade and medium water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms pink, orange, yellow, green, purple and brown in Apr–Jul. Deer rarely browse it.
Wet ground only. A wetland plant: it needs standing water or saturated soil — a pond edge, creek bank or rain garden, not a dry upland bed.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Wildflower
- Sun
- Part shade to shade (2–4 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- About 2 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–Jul · pink, orange, yellow, green, purple, brown
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
Where it grows
102 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.