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Douglas Houck | profile | all galleries >> Flora >> Wild Flowers >> Wildflowers of Washington State >> Platanthera dilatata tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Platanthera dilatata

Common Name: Scentbottle, White Rein Orchid, Bog Candle, Boreal Bog Orchid

USDA and ITIS lists three varieties based on the relative length of the nectar spur and shape:

var. albiflora: Scentbottle; found throughout the Aleutian Islands southward into the Rocky Mountains. White spur (club-shaped) shorter than lip to almost equal to lip.

var. dilatata: Scentbottle; found throughout much of northern NA and is considered the typical variety. Spur is slender, greenish and about equal to lip.

var. leucostachys: Sierra bog orchid; Slender, white spur strongly curved and markedly exceeding lip (labellum)(1.5x). Genererally restricted to the Pacific Northwest from British Columbia deep into California.

see http://goorchids.northamericanorchidcenter.org/species/platanthera/dilatata/


west North Cascades; east Central Cascades
TRAIL: Yellow aster Butte; Lake Ingalls avalanche slope - seep
HABITAT: subalpine/alpine meadow (wet)
ELEVATION: 1,220 meters (4,000 feet); 1,890 meters (6,190 feet)
BLOOM TIME: 17-JUL; 01-AUG
Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata
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