Flower/fruit:
Hollow, 2 inch pink pouch with heavy veining and a center groove;
other sepals and petals are greenish brown and lance-shaped; 6 to
15 inch leafless flower stalk
Flowering
Season: Spring
Foliage:
Two large, oval, smooth edged,
ribbed basal leaves; hairy, 4 to 9 inches long
Site:
Dry woods especially
pine and oak forests
Comments:
Very difficult to transplant;
requires the presence of a specific rhizoctonia fungus
