For most of us the word "Orchid" conjures up images of elaborate tropical plants. Many people know that there are a few orchid species in Ontario. But few know that there are over 50 species of Orchids in the province!

Alaska Orchid (Platanthera unalascensis)
Arethusa (Arethusa bulbosa)
Auricled Twayblade (Neottia auriculata)
Autumn Coralroot (Corallorhiza odontorhiza)
Blunt Leaf Rein Orchid (Platanthera obtusata)
Calypso (Calypso bulbosa)
Checkered Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera tesselata)
Club Spur Orchid (Platanthera clavellata)
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens)
Dwarf Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera repens)
Early Coralroot (Corallorhiza trifida)
European Common Twayblade (Neottia ovata)
Grass Pink (Calopogon tuberosus)
Great Plains Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes magnicamporum)
Green Adder's Mouth (Malaxis unifolia)
Green-leaved Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera oblongifolia)
Heart-leaved Twayblade (Neottia cordata)
Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine)
Hooded Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes romanzoffiana)
Hooker's Orchid (Platanthera hookeri)
Huron Green Orchid (Platanthera huronensis)
Hybrid Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum X C. candidum)
Large Purple-fringed Orchid (Platanthera grandiflora)
Large Round Leaf Orchid (Platanthera macrophylla)
Large Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var pubescens)
Loesel's Twayblade (Liparis loeselii)
Long-bracted Green Orchid (Dactylorhiza viridis)
Nodding Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes cernua)
Northern Green Orchid (Platanthera hyperborea)
Northern Slender Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes lacera)
Pink Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
Prairie White Fringed Orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
Purple Twayblade (Liparis liliifolia)
Puttyroot (Aplectrum hyemale)
Ragged Fringed Orchid (Platanthera lacera)
Ram's Head Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium arietinum)
Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides)
Round Leaf Orchid (Platanthera orbiculata)
Showy Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium reginae)
Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis)
Small Round-leaved Orchid (Galearis rotundifolia)
Small White Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium candidum)
Small Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var makasin)
Smaller Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera psycodes)
Spotted Coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata)
Striped Coralroot (Corallorhiza striata)
Tubercled Orchid (Platanthera flava)
White Bog Orchid (Platanthera dilatata)
White Fringed Orchid (Platanthera blephariglottis)
Wide-leaved Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes lucida)

Other Orchid species of Ontario that are not yet on this site:

Autumn Coralroot (Corallorhiza odontorhiza)
Broad-lipped Twayblade (Neottia convallarioides)
Case's Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes casei)
Checkered Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera tesselata)
Franklins Lady Slipper (Cypripedium passerinum)
Huron Green Orchid (Platanthera huronensis)
Large Purple-fringed Orchid (Platanthera grandiflora)
Puttyroot (Aplectrum hyemale)
Southern Slender Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes gracilis)
Tubercled Orchid (Platanthera flava)
White Adder's Mouth (Malaxis monophyllos)

THUMBNAILS

Alaska Orchid (Platanthera unalascensis)	Arethusa (Arethusa bulbosa)	Auricled Twayblade (Neottia auriculata)	Blunt Leaf Rein Orchid (Platanthera obtusata)

Calypso (Calypso bulbosa)	Club Spur Orchid (Platanthera clavellata)	Downy Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens)	Dwarf Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera repens)

Early Coralroot (Corallorhiza trifida)	Grass Pink (Calopogon tuberosus)	Great Plains Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes magnicamporum)	Green Adder's Mouth (Malaxis unifolia)

Green-leaved Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera oblongifolia)	Heart-leaved Twayblade (Neottia cordata)	Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine)	Hooded Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes romanzoffiana)

Hooker's Orchid (Platanthera hookeri)	Hybrid Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum X C. candidum)	Large Round Leaf Orchid (Platanthera macrophylla)	Long-bracted Green Orchid (Dactylorhiza viridis)

Nodding Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes cernua)	Northern Green Orchid (Platanthera hyperborea)	Northern Slender Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes lacera)	Purple Twayblade (Liparis liliifolia)

Ram's Head Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium arietinum)	Round Leaf Orchid (Platanthera orbiculata)	Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis)	Small Round-leaved Orchid (Galearis rotundifolia)

Small White Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium candidum)	Small Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var makasin)	Spotted Coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata)	Striped Coralroot (Corallorhiza striata)

Wide-leaved Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes lucida)

To see all Orchids in order by Common Name → START HERE

Wildflowers ● Orchids ● Lady's Slippers ● Ladies' Tresses ● Rattlesnake Plantains