[Bog Orchids: The Genus Platanthera East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Green Bog Orchid, Green-flowered Bog Orchid, Northern Green Bog Orchid

Platanthera huronensis

Synonyms: Habenaria hyperborea, Habenaria A-media, Limnorchis media, Orchis huronensis, Platanthera hyperborea, Platanthera hyperborea var. huronensis, Platanthera hyperborea var. hyperborea, Platanthera A-media

Green Bog Orchid, Green-flowered Bog Orchid, Northern Green Bog Orchid: Platanthera huronensis (Synonyms: Habenaria hyperborea, Habenaria A-media, Limnorchis media, Orchis huronensis, Platanthera hyperborea, Platanthera hyperborea var. huronensis, Platanthera hyperborea var. hyperborea, Platanthera A-media)

Northern green bog orchid as seen in a fen at the south end of Lost Lake, Okanogan Highlands Alliance property, Okanogan County, Washington........July 12, 2015. This species is characterized by leafy stems and greenish flowers with spurs nearly as long as the narrow lower lip, the spurs slightly inflated towards the tips and constricted near the base of the flower.

Sideview of a flower of Green Bog Orchid, Green-flowered Bog Orchid, Northern Green Bog Orchid: Platanthera huronensis (Synonyms: Habenaria hyperborea, Habenaria A-media, Limnorchis media, Orchis huronensis, Platanthera hyperborea, Platanthera hyperborea var. huronensis, Platanthera hyperborea var. hyperborea, Platanthera A-media) - Ventral view of a flower of Green Bog Orchid, Green-flowered Bog Orchid, Northern Green Bog Orchid: Platanthera huronensis (Synonyms: Habenaria hyperborea, Habenaria A-media, Limnorchis media, Orchis huronensis, Platanthera hyperborea, Platanthera hyperborea var. huronensis, Platanthera hyperborea var. hyperborea, Platanthera A-media) - Ventral view of a flower of Green Bog Orchid, Green-flowered Bog Orchid, Northern Green Bog Orchid: Platanthera huronensis (Synonyms: Habenaria hyperborea, Habenaria A-media, Limnorchis media, Orchis huronensis, Platanthera hyperborea, Platanthera hyperborea var. huronensis, Platanthera hyperborea var. hyperborea, Platanthera A-media)

Inflroescence of Green Bog Orchid, Green-flowered Bog Orchid, Northern Green Bog Orchid: Platanthera huronensis (Synonyms: Habenaria hyperborea, Habenaria A-media, Limnorchis media, Orchis huronensis, Platanthera hyperborea, Platanthera hyperborea var. huronensis, Platanthera hyperborea var. hyperborea, Platanthera A-media) - Inflorescence of Green Bog Orchid, Green-flowered Bog Orchid, Northern Green Bog Orchid: Platanthera huronensis (Synonyms: Habenaria hyperborea, Habenaria A-media, Limnorchis media, Orchis huronensis, Platanthera hyperborea, Platanthera hyperborea var. huronensis, Platanthera hyperborea var. hyperborea, Platanthera A-media)

 

Paul Slichter