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Elegant Rein Orchid
Platanthera elegans Lindl.
Platanthera elegans is a showy orchid species native to western North America with multiple common names.
Denseflower Rein Orchid
Platanthera elongata (Rydb.) R.M.Bateman
Platanthera elongata, an orchid native to western North America, grows in mountain forests and scrub and has spikelike clusters of small green flowers.
Whiteflower Rein Orchid
Platanthera ephemerantha R.M.Bateman
Platanthera ephemerantha is a rare orchid species native to coastal western North America, with fragrant white-tinged flowers.
pale green orchid
Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl.
Platanthera flava, the southern rein or palegreen orchid, is a pale-flowered orchid native to eastern North America that needs natural disturbance for open sunny habitat.
Greater Purple Fringed Orchid
Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl.
Platanthera grandiflora, the greater purple fringed orchid, is an imperiled orchid native to eastern North America.
Hooker's Orchid
Platanthera hookeri (Torr.) Lindl.
Platanthera hookeri, or Hooker's orchid, is a shade-preferring woodland orchid with yellow-green flowers and medicinal root uses.
green bog orchid
Platanthera huronensis Lindl.
Platanthera huronensis, the Huron green orchid, is a discontinuous-range orchid native to the US and Canada.
Leafy Northern Green Orchid
Platanthera hyperborea (L.) Lindl.
Platanthera hyperborea, the northern green orchid, is a small orchid found only in Greenland, Iceland, and Canada's Akimiski Island.
ragged fringed orchid
Platanthera lacera (Michx.) G.Don
Platanthera lacera is a perennial orchid with fragrant night-blooming flowers pollinated by crepuscular moths.
eastern prairie fringed orchid
Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl.
Platanthera leucophaea, the eastern prairie fringed orchid, is a rare threatened perennial orchid native to North American prairies.
Blunt-leaved Rein Orchid
Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl.
Platanthera obtusata is a small North American orchid pollinated by mosquitoes and other insects.
Round-leaved Bog Orchid
Platanthera orbiculata (Pursh) Lindl.
Platanthera orbiculata is a North American forest orchid with two low round leaves and a spike of small white flowers.
Purple Fringeless Orchid
Platanthera peramoena A.Gray
Purple fringeless orchid (Platanthera peramoena) is a summer-flowering Eastern US orchid pollinated mainly by Hemaris thysbe.
Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid
Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl.
Platanthera psycodes is a cool-preferring wet-habitat orchid species from northeastern North America, often confused with P. grandiflora.
sparse-flowered bog orchid
Platanthera sparsiflora (S.Watson) Schltr.
Platanthera sparsiflora, the sparse-flowered bog orchid, is a green-flowered orchid native to western North American wet habitats.
Slender Bog Orchid
Platanthera stricta Lindl.
Platanthera stricta, the slender bog orchid, is a native North American orchid that grows in wet, shady areas.
Flat Spurred Piperia
Platanthera transversa (Suksd.) R.M.Bateman
Platanthera transversa is an orchid with fragrant evening clove-scented flowers, pollinated by geometrid moths.
Alaska Rein Orchid
Platanthera unalascensis (Spreng.) Kurtz
Platanthera unalascensis is a variable North American orchid with common names including slender-spire orchid.
Yadon's Rein Orchid
Platanthera yadonii (Rand.Morgan & Ackerman) R.M.Bateman
Platanthera yadonii, or Yadon's piperia, is a rare terrestrial orchid endemic to coastal Monterey County, California.
Mexican Sycamore
Platanus mexicana Moric.
Platanus mexicana, the Mexican sycamore, is a deciduous tree identifiable by distinct leaf color and texture traits.
Platanus occidentalis L.
Platanus occidentalis L.
Platanus occidentalis, the American sycamore, is a large North American hardwood noted for mottled peeling bark and many ecological and human uses.
western sycamore
Platanus racemosa Nutt. ex Audubon
Platanus racemosa is a large native western North American deciduous tree grown for shade and used for wood and traditional medicine.
Arizona sycamore
Platanus wrightii S.Watson
Arizona sycamore (Platanus wrightii) is a large deciduous sycamore native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.
Elkhorn fern
Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C.Chr.
Platycerium bifurcatum is a rainforest-adjacent epiphyte fern widely grown as an ornamental house or garden plant.
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