fringed orchid

or fringed orchis

Any of various orchids of the genus Platanthera, having variously colored flowers with a fringed lip and a spurred base.

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fringed orchid - any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip

fringed orchis

orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors

genus Habenaria, Habenaria - chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes; includes species formerly placed in genus Gymnadeniopsis

Habenaria albiflora, white fringed orchid, white fringed orchis - bog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowers

Habenaria fimbriata, purple-fringed orchid, purple-fringed orchis - North American orchid similar to Habenaria psycodes with larger paler flowers

Habenaria hookeri, Hooker's orchid - a long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal

green fringed orchis, Habenaria lacera, ragged orchid, ragged orchis, ragged-fringed orchid - fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerated

Habenaria leucophaea, prairie orchid, prairie white-fringed orchis - orchid of boggy or wet lands of north central United States having racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers

Habenaria nivea, snowy orchid - slender fringed orchid of eastern North America having white flowers

Habenaria peramoena, purple fringeless orchid, purple fringeless orchis - orchid of northeastern and alpine eastern North America closely related to the purple fringed orchids but having rosy-purple or violet flowers with denticulate leaf divisions

Habenaria psycodes, purple-fringed orchid, purple-fringed orchis - North American orchid with clusters of fragrant purple fringed flowers

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A 20-year record of the western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara): population dynamics and modeling of precipitation effects.

Effects of weather and land management on the Western prairie fringed-orchid (Platanthera praeclara) at the Northern limit of its range in Manitoba, Canada

The rare Western Prairie Fringed Orchid usually blooms in late June and early July so there is a good chance we will able to see this beautiful plant.

MHS Spring Field Trip: Sunday 26th June 2016

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Wild and beautiful: the wild orchids of Mississippi are rare beauties of the state's wetlands

Consequently, many orchids, such as grass pink, rose pogonia, and white fringed orchid are found most often in coastal dune sands and in bogs and fens (a type of marsh).

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Vamosi concentrated on data from vascular plants (ferns, conifers, and flowering plants), which includes such threatened species as the Canada Hemlock, Western Prairie Fringed Orchid, and Desert Lily, among many others.

Risk of extinction for plants is higher in countries close to the equator

The western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara) is North Dakota's only federally listed threatened plant.

Plant community dynamics in one meter plots surrounding the western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara) over a three-year period

The prairie fringed orchid's flowers are fragrant only at night, and pollinia are picked up by the proboscises of hawkmoths as they ingest nectar.

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One of Manitoba's most spectacular and beautiful native orchids, the western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara (Sheviak & Bowles)), is also a relative newcomer to the province's list of plants.

The western prairie fringed orchid

Evidence for pollination ecotypes in the yellow fringed orchid, Platanthera ciliaris.

Long-tongued fly pollination and evolution of floral spur length in the Disa draconis complex (Orchidaceae)

The Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid, Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindley (Orchidaceae; Fig.

Mycorrhizal fungi from protocorms, seedlings and mature plants of the Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid, Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindley: a comprehensive list to augment conservation

These friends include a couple from Germany who flew to Chicago and met us at the Tall Grass Prairie Preserve near Tolstoi, Manitoba just to photograph the western prairie fringed orchid. Now that is a passion!

A field guide to the Orchids of Manitoba

A partnership of stakeholders and the Fish and Wildlife Service's Chicago Ecological Services Field Office took root over 10 years ago and has blossomed into an active recovery program for the eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea).

Recovering a prairie orchid