Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl.
Detail
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Botanical Name
- Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl.
- Common Name
- Large Purple Fringed Orchid
- Synonym(s)
- Platanthera fimbriata (Aiton) Lindley; Habenaria fimbriata (Ait.) R. Br.; Habenaria psycodes (L.) Spreng. var. grandiflora (Bigel.) A. Gray
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl.
- Comments
- On the Northern Blue Ridge, where this species is most frequent, populations bloom in June, a month or more before Platanthera psycodes begins to flower. However, see Comments under P. psycodes about phenological variation in that species.
- Habitat
- Mesic cove forests, seeps, and seepage swamps; mostly in base-rich soils but sometimes in distinctly acidic habitats. Rare in the mountains.
- Native Status
- Native
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