Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Synonym(s): Lesser Ladies’ Tresses, October Ladies’ Tresses, Oval Ladies’ Tresses Base Flower Color: WhiteReproductive Phenology: Jul, Aug, Sept For more information about this plant, Click Here and Here.
Category Archives: Orchidaceae (Orchid Family)
Purple Fringeless Orchid (Platanthera peramoena (A. Gray) A. Gray)
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Base Flower Color: Pink, PurpleReproductive Phenology: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct For more information about this plant, Click Here and Here.
Snowy Orchid (Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer)
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Synonym(s): Snowy Orchid, Frog Spear, Bog Torch, White Frog Arrow, White Rein Orchid Base Flower Color: WhiteReproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept For more information about this plant, Click Here and Here.
Loesel’s Twayblade (Liparis loeselii (L.) Rich.)
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Synonym(s): Yellow Widelip Orchid Base Flower Color: Green, YellowReproductive Phenology: May, Jun, JulBloom Notes: State listed as EndangeredPlease excuse the picture quality, this plant had just survived a flood! For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Showy Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium reginae Walter)
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Synonym(s): Showy Lady’s Slipper Base Flower Color: White, PinkReproductive Phenology: Jun, JulBloom Notes: This plant is a clonal plant that grows slowly, occasionally taking over 16 years to produce its first bloom; a single plant can live over fifty years. For more information about this plant, Click Here and Here.
Large Whorled Pogonia (Isotria verticillata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Raf.)
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Synonym(s): Large Whorled Pogonia, Purple Fiveleaf Orchid Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon) (incl. Maroon), Green, Pink, YellowReproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun, Jul For more information about this plant, Click Here and Here.
Spring Coral Root (Corallorhiza wisteriana Conrad)
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Synonym(s): Spring Coral-root, Spring Coral Root, Early Southern Coral-root, Wister’s Coral-root, Yellow Coral-root, Arousing Coral-root Base Flower Color: Pink, WhiteReproductive Phenology: Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun For more information about this plant, Click Here and Here.
Nodding Lady’s Tresses (Spiranthes cernua (L.) Rich.)
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Synonym(s): Nodding Ladies’-tresses, Ladies’-tresses, Nodding Lady’s Tresses Base Flower Color: WhiteReproductive Phenology: Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct, NovBloom Notes: In total population numbers, Nodding Lady’s Tresses is second only to Downy Rattlesnake Plantain, Goodryea pubescens, as the largest orchid species in the southern Appalachian Mountains. For more information about this plant, Click HereContinue reading “Nodding Lady’s Tresses (Spiranthes cernua (L.) Rich.)”
Cranefly Orchid (Tipularia discolor (Pursh) Nutt.)
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Synonym(s): Crippled Cranefly Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon) (incl. Maroon)Reproductive Phenology: Jul, Aug, SeptBloom Notes: Flowers in June in the North; in September in South. For more information about this plant, Click Here and Here.
White Fringeless Orchid (Platanthera integrilabia (Correll) Luer)
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Synonym(s): White Fringeless Orchid, Monkeyface Orchid Base Flower Color: WhiteReproductive Phenology: Jul, Aug, SeptBloom Notes: May begin blooming in June. For more information about this plant, Click Here and Here.