For the name of the series of straits separating the Gulf of Paria from the Caribbean Sea, see Bocas del Dragón. For the 1952 J.B. Priestley play, see Dragon's Mouth (play).
Arethusa bulbosa f. subcaerulea E.L.Rand & Redfield
Arethusa bulbosa, commonly called dragon's mouth orchid,[4] is the only species in the orchidgenusArethusa.[3] The genus is named after a naiad of Greek mythology.[5] This monotypic genus is abbreviated Aret in trade journals.
This terrestrial and rare orchid occurs in Eastern North America from Manitoba east to Newfoundland and St. Pierre & Miquelon south to Virginia, with isolated populations in northern Saskatchewan and in the Carolinas.[3][6][7] It occurs in bogs, swamps and other wet lowlands. It grows to a height of 15 cm. It forms a large, single, pink terminal flower, with a showy lip and white and yellow fringed crests.[2]
^ abJustice, William S.; Bell, C. Ritchie; Lindsey, Anne H. (2005). Wild Flowers of North Carolina (2. printing. ed.). Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina Press. p. 52. ISBN0807855979.
