Platanthera ciliaris (Yellow Fringed orchid)

Platanthera ciliaris

Platanthera ciliaris (Yellow Fringed orchid)

Platanthera ciliaris (Yellow Fringed orchid)

14 Aug 2005 96
Day trip to the Green Swamp, Brunswick County, North Carolina.
Platanthera Xlueri (Platanthera consipicua x Platanthera ciliaris) hybrid orchid

Platanthera Xlueri (Platanthera consipicua x Plata…

14 Aug 2005 127
Day trip to the Green Swamp, Brunswick County, North Carolina.
Platanthera Xlueri (Platanthera consipicua x Platanthera ciliaris) hybrid orchid

Platanthera Xlueri (Platanthera consipicua x Plata…

14 Aug 2005 146
Day trip to the Green Swamp, Brunswick County, North Carolina.
Platanthera Xlueri (Platanthera consipicua x Platanthera ciliaris) hybrid orchid

Platanthera Xlueri (Platanthera consipicua x Plata…

14 Aug 2005 197
Day trip to the Green Swamp, Brunswick County, North Carolina.
Platanthera Xlueri (Platanthera consipicua x Platanthera ciliaris) hybrid orchid

Platanthera Xlueri (Platanthera consipicua x Plata…

14 Aug 2005 139
Day trip to the Green Swamp, Brunswick County, North Carolina.
Platanthera Xlueri (Platanthera ciliaris x Platanthera conspicua)

Platanthera Xlueri (Platanthera ciliaris x Platant…

18 Aug 2007 212
Day trip to Lewis Ocean Bay in Horry County, South Carolina.
Platanthera Xlueri (Platanthera ciliaris x Platanthera conspicua)

Platanthera Xlueri (Platanthera ciliaris x Platant…

18 Aug 2007 161
Day trip to Lewis Ocean Bay in Horry County, South Carolina.
Platanthera ciliaris (Yellow Fringed orchid)

Platanthera ciliaris (Yellow Fringed orchid)

18 Aug 2007 136
Day trip to Lewis Ocean Bay in Horry County, South Carolina.
Platanthera ciliaris (yellow fringed orchid)

Platanthera ciliaris (yellow fringed orchid)

25 Jul 2009 122
Now blooming in my front yard bog garden.
Platanthera ciliaris (yellow fringed orchid)

Platanthera ciliaris (yellow fringed orchid)

25 Jul 2009 128
Now blooming in my front yard bog garden.
Platanthera ciliaris (yellow fringed orchid)

Platanthera ciliaris (yellow fringed orchid)

31 Jul 2009 134
Probably at their peak. The light was a bit better this time, since it was not during the middle of the day. These are native, terrestrial orchids that are frequently found along the Atlantic coastal plain. They are growing in my front yard bog garden along with pitcher plants, sundews, and Venus' fly-traps.
Platanthera ciliaris (yellow fringed orchid)

Platanthera ciliaris (yellow fringed orchid)

07 Aug 2009 124
This is about the best it will get for the bog garden. They are beginning to turn brown at the bottom. They did as well as I could have expected, seeing as they were pulled up by the roots this time last year.
Platanthera ciliaris (Yellow fringed orchid)

Platanthera ciliaris (Yellow fringed orchid)

15 Aug 2009 109
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Platanthera ciliaris (Yellow fringed orchid)

Platanthera ciliaris (Yellow fringed orchid)

15 Aug 2009 96
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Platanthera xlueri (hybrid fringed orchid)

Platanthera xlueri (hybrid fringed orchid)

15 Aug 2009 93
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Platanthera ciliaris (Yellow fringed orchid) closeup

Platanthera ciliaris (Yellow fringed orchid) close…

15 Aug 2009 148
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Platanthera ciliaris (Yellow fringed orchid)

Platanthera ciliaris (Yellow fringed orchid)

15 Aug 2009 115
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P. conspicua + P. ciliaris = P. Xlueri

P. conspicua + P. ciliaris = P. Xlueri

15 Aug 2009 160
This composite photo shows the putative parent orchids and their progeny. Since both parent species generally bloom about the same time of the year, it is understandable how a pollinator might take pollen from one plant species and deposit it in another plant species of the same genus. The result can be a very handsome hybrid.
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