Orchidaceae — Orchid Family

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Disa versicolor Rchb.f.

Disa versicolor Rchb.f.

Disa versicolor Rchb.f.

Disa versicolor Rchb.f. is a perennial geophytic orchid native to multiple regions of southern Africa.

Disa nervosa Lindl.

Disa nervosa Lindl.

Disa nervosa Lindl.

Disa nervosa Lindl. is a perennial geophyte in the Disa genus, native to regions of southern Africa.

Disa stachyoides Rchb.f.

Disa stachyoides Rchb.f.

Disa stachyoides Rchb.f.

Disa stachyoides Rchb.f. is a perennial geophyte in the genus Disa native to southern Africa.

Platanthera michaelii (Greene) R.M.Bateman

Platanthera michaelii (Greene) R.M.Bateman

Platanthera michaelii (Greene) R.M.Bateman

Platanthera michaelii is an uncommon endemic Californian orchid known as Michael's rein orchid.

Platanthera leptopetala (Rydb.) R.M.Bateman

Platanthera leptopetala (Rydb.) R.M.Bateman

Platanthera leptopetala (Rydb.) R.M.Bateman

Platanthera leptopetala is a US west coast orchid known as the narrow-petal or lacy rein orchid.

Platanthera cooperi (S.Watson) R.M.Bateman

Platanthera cooperi (S.Watson) R.M.Bateman

Platanthera cooperi (S.Watson) R.M.Bateman

Platanthera cooperi is a green-flowered orchid native to California and Baja California, blooming March to June.

Platanthera chorisiana (Cham.) Rchb.f.

Platanthera chorisiana (Cham.) Rchb.f.

Platanthera chorisiana (Cham.) Rchb.f.

Platanthera chorisiana is a small northern Pacific coastal orchid that grows in bogs and wet tundra.

Platanthera tescamnis Sheviak & W.F.Jenn.

Platanthera tescamnis Sheviak & W.F.Jenn.

Platanthera tescamnis Sheviak & W.F.Jenn.

Platanthera tescamnis, the intermountain bog orchid, is a misidentified 2006-described orchid native to western US warmer dry habitats.

Platanthera brevifolia (Greene) Senghas

Platanthera brevifolia (Greene) Senghas

Platanthera brevifolia (Greene) Senghas

Platanthera brevifolia is an orchid found in the southwestern US and Mexico, growing in open coniferous forest.

Platanthera convallariifolia (Fisch. ex Lindl.) Lindl.

Platanthera convallariifolia (Fisch. ex Lindl.) Lindl.

Platanthera convallariifolia (Fisch. ex Lindl.) Lindl.

Platanthera convallariifolia, the bog orchid, is a native orchid that grows in wetlands of East Asia and the Aleutian Islands.

Platanthera purpurascens (Rydb.) Sheviak & W.F.Jenn.

Platanthera purpurascens (Rydb.) Sheviak & W.F.Jenn.

Platanthera purpurascens (Rydb.) Sheviak & W.F.Jenn.

Platanthera purpurascens is a US-endemic orchid with a often reddish flower lip that grows in wet high-elevation habitats.

Platanthera praeclara Sheviak & M.L.Bowles

Platanthera praeclara Sheviak & M.L.Bowles

Platanthera praeclara Sheviak & M.L.Bowles

Platanthera praeclara is a long-lived perennial tallgrass prairie orchid pollinated by night-flying large sphinx moths.

Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla (Goldie) Luer

Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla (Goldie) Luer

Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla (Goldie) Luer

Platanthera orbiculata, the round-leaved orchid, is a North American forest orchid with two large rounded ground leaves and small white flowers.

Platanthera tipuloides (L.f.) Lindl.

Platanthera tipuloides (L.f.) Lindl.

Platanthera tipuloides (L.f.) Lindl.

Platanthera tipuloides is a small orchid species with yellow flowers found mostly in northern Asia.

Platanthera holmboei H.Lindb.

Platanthera holmboei H.Lindb.

Platanthera holmboei H.Lindb.

Platanthera holmboei is an orchid species native to the eastern Mediterranean area.

Platanthera chapmanii (Small) Luer

Platanthera chapmanii (Small) Luer

Platanthera chapmanii (Small) Luer

Platanthera chapmanii, Chapman's fringed orchid, is a monocot orchid native to parts of the southeastern US.

Platanthera integrilabia (Correll) Luer

Platanthera integrilabia (Correll) Luer

Platanthera integrilabia (Correll) Luer

The white fringeless orchid Platanthera integrilabia is a mycotrophic perennial orchid pollinated by long-tongued butterflies.

Platanthera pallida P.M.Br.

Platanthera pallida P.M.Br.

Platanthera pallida P.M.Br.

Platanthera pallida is a terrestrial orchid endemic to Long Island, New York, that grows in dry interdune areas between sand dunes.

Platanthera integra (Nutt.) A.Gray ex L.C.Beck

Platanthera integra (Nutt.) A.Gray ex L.C.Beck

Platanthera integra (Nutt.) A.Gray ex L.C.Beck

Platanthera integra, the yellow fringeless orchid, is a vulnerable North American orchid of open wet savannas and bogs.

Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer

Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer

Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer

Platanthera nivea (snowy orchid) is a native US orchid that grows in coastal plain bogs/savannas and has irregular flowering.

Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. praetermissa (Druce) D.M.Moore & Soó

Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. praetermissa (Druce) D.M.Moore & Soó

Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. praetermissa (Druce) D.M.Moore & Soó

Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. praetermissa, the broad-leaved marsh orchid, is a European and Asian terrestrial orchid with specific morphological traits.

Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. cilicica (Klinge) H.Sund.

Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. cilicica (Klinge) H.Sund.

Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. cilicica (Klinge) H.Sund.

Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. cilicica is a subspecies of the early marsh-orchid, a temperate perennial orchid of wet base-rich meadows.

Dactylorhiza foliosa (Rchb.f.) Soó

Dactylorhiza foliosa (Rchb.f.) Soó

Dactylorhiza foliosa (Rchb.f.) Soó

Dactylorhiza foliosa is a tuberous perennial orchid endemic to Madeira, holding the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. purpurella (T.Stephenson & T.A.Stephenson) D.M.Moore & Soó

Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. purpurella (T.Stephenson & T.A.Stephenson) D.M.Moore & Soó

Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. purpurella (T.Stephenson & T.A.Stephenson) D.M.Moore & Soó

Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. purpurella is a spotted-leaved European and Asian orchid requiring mycorrhizal fungi for seed germination.

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