Habenaria blephariglottis (Willd.) Hook. 1824 Photos by Jim Fowler and his P-Base Orchid North American Orchid Website
Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Mike Abrams
Plant en situ Photo courtesy of Zachary Bradford
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Common Name White Fringed Orchid
Flower Size about 1/2" [1.25 cm]
A medium sized, cold growing terrestrial orchid of the Eastern US and Canada that is found in thickets along streams and swamps, with 2 to 3, elliptic to lanceolate leaves and blooms on a terminal, erect, to almost 3' [90 cm] long, many [15 to 20] flowered, racemose inflorescence with fragrant flowers and slender floral bracts occuring in the late spring and summer.
Synonyms Blephariglottis alba House 1906; Blephariglottis alba var. conspicua (Nash) W.J.Schrenk 1977 ; Blephariglottis blephariglottis [Wild.] Rydb. 1901; Blephariglottis conspicua (Nash) Small 1903; Habenaria conspicua Nash 1896; *Orchis blephariglottis Willd. 1805; Orchis ciliaris var. alba Michx. 1803; Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindl. 1835; Platanthera blephariglottis f. holopetala (Lindl.) P.M.Br. 1988; Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua (Nash) Luer 1972; Platanthera holopetala Lindl. 1835
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 11 1979 photo as Platanthera blephariglottis; Schlechteriana Vol 4 No 4 1993 as Platanthera blephariglottis; Schlechteriana Vol 4 No 4 1993 as Platanthera blephariglottis var conspicua; AOS Bulletin Vol 63 No 4 1994 photo;
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