[Rein Orchids: The Genus Platanthera West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Elegant Rein Orchid, Elegant Piperia, Hillside Rein Orchid, Long-spurred Rein Orchid

Platanthera elegans

Synonyms: Habenaria elegans, Habenaria greenei, Habenaria unalascensis var. elata, Piperia elegans, Piperia elegans ssp. elegans, Piperia maritima, Piperia multiflora

Elegant Rein Orchid, Elegant Piperia, Hillside Rein Orchid, Long-spurred Rein Orchid: Platanthera elegans (Synonyms: Habenaria elegans, Habenaria greenei, Habenaria unalascensis var. elata, Piperia elegans, Piperia elegans ssp. elegans, Piperia maritima, Piperia multiflora) - Close-up of the inflorescence of Elegant Rein Orchid, Elegant Piperia, Hillside Rein Orchid, Long-spurred Rein Orchid: Platanthera elegans (Synonyms: Habenaria elegans, Habenaria greenei, Habenaria unalascensis var. elata, Piperia elegans, Piperia elegans ssp. elegans, Piperia maritima, Piperia multiflora)

Elegant rein orchid blooming on the southern breakwater for the channel into Tillamook Bay, Tillamook, Oregon........June 19, 2014.

Inflorescence of Elegant Rein Orchid, Elegant Piperia, Hillside Rein Orchid, Long-spurred Rein Orchid: Platanthera elegans (Synonyms: Habenaria elegans, Habenaria greenei, Habenaria unalascensis var. elata, Piperia elegans, Piperia elegans ssp. elegans, Piperia maritima, Piperia multiflora) - Inflorescence of Elegant Rein Orchid, Elegant Piperia, Hillside Rein Orchid, Long-spurred Rein Orchid: Platanthera elegans (Synonyms: Habenaria elegans, Habenaria greenei, Habenaria unalascensis var. elata, Piperia elegans, Piperia elegans ssp. elegans, Piperia maritima, Piperia multiflora)

Elegant rein orchids blooming on the seaward edge of the shore pine-sitka spruce forest at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area......July 28, 2022.

Elegant Rein Orchid, Elegant Piperia, Hillside Rein Orchid, Long-spurred Rein Orchid: Platanthera elegans (Synonyms: Habenaria elegans, Habenaria greenei, Habenaria unalascensis var. elata, Piperia elegans, Piperia elegans ssp. elegans, Piperia maritima, Piperia multiflora)

Elegant rein orchid blooming on the southern breakwater for the channel into Tillamook Bay, Tillamook, Oregon.........July 6, 2020.
Paul Slichter