Platanthera limosa Lindl. 1840
Photo by © Rodolfo Hernandez
Drawing by © Gordon W Dillon
Drawing by © Blanche Ames
Common Name or Meaning The Muddy Growing Platanthera - Thurber's Bog Orchid
Flower Size .4” [1 cm] long
Found in Arizona, New Mexico, Mexico and Guatemala in bogs, along streams and in wet forests at elevations of 2000 to 3700 meters as a small to giant sized, cold growing terrestrial with fleshy tuberous roots giving rise to an erect stem carrying 5 to 10, lanceolate, acute, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the summer on a terminal, erect, 3'4" to 16' 8" [1 to 5 meters] long, laxly 50 or more flowered inflorescence with longer than the ovary floral bracts.
Synonyms Coenoemersa limosa (Lindl.) R.González & Lizb.Hern. 2010; Gymnadenia propinqua A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845; *Habenaria limosa (Lindl.) Hemsl. 1884; Habenaria orizabensis A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845; Habenaria thurberi A.Gray 1868; Limnorchis arizonica Rydb. 1901; Limnorchis limosa (Lindl.) Efimov 2008 publ. 2009; Limnorchis thurberi (A.Gray) Rydb 1901; Platanthera guatemalensis Schltr. 1918; Platanthera neottioides A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845; Platanthera propinqua (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Soto Arenas & Salazar 2011;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Ann. Nat. Hist. 4: 381 Lindley 1840
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 3: 30 A Rich & Galeotti 1845 as Gymnadenia propinqua
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 3: 30 A Rich & Galeotti 1845 as Habenaria orizabensis
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 3: 30 A Rich & Galeotti 1845 as Platanthera neottioides
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 389 A Gray 1868 as Habenaria thurberi
Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 305 Hemsl. 1884 as Habenaria limosa
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 629 Rybd 1901 as Limnorchis arizonica drawing fide
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 624 Rybd 1901 as Limnorchis thurberi drawing fide
Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 4: 109 Ames 1910;
Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 4: 109 Ames 1910 as Habenaria limosa;
Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 4: 256 Ames 1910 as Habenaria orizabensis
Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 4: Pl 75 Ames 1910 as Habenaria orizabensis drawing fide;
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 193 Schelchter 1918 as P guatemalensis
Native Orchids of North America: 87 Correll 1950 as Habenaria limosa
Native Orchids of North America: 88 Correll 1950 as Habenaria limosa drawing fide;
Orchids of Guatemala: 36 Ames & Correl 1952 as Habenaria limosa
Orchids of Guatemala: 37 Ames & Correl 1952 as Habenaria limosa drawing ok;
The Native Orchids of the United States and Canada Luer 1975 drawing/photos fide;
Field Guide to the Orchids of North America Williams 1983;
Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 40: 50 2008 publ. 2009 as Limnorchis limosa;
Las Orquideas del Occidente de Mexico Vol 1: 241 Jorge Roberto González Tamayo y Lizbeth Hernández Hernández 2010 as Coenoemersa limosa drawing fide;
Acta Bot. Mex. 97: 53 Soto Arenas & Salazar 2011 as Platanthera propinqua
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