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 (Piperia unalascensis)
Arethusa (Arethusa bulbosa)
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 (Listera 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 (Listera cordata)
Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine)
Hooded Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes romanzoffiana)
Hooker's Orchis (Platanthera hookeri)
Hybrid Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum X C. candidum)
Large Round Leaf Orchid (Platanthera macrophylla)
Large Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium pubescens var. pubescens)
Loesel's Twayblade (Liparis loeselii)
Long-bracted Green Orchid (Coeloglossum viride)
Nodding Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes cernua)
Northern Green Orchis (Platanthera hyperborea)
Pink Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
Prairie White Fringed Orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
Ragged Fringed Orchis (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 White Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium candidum)
Small Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum)
Smaller Purple Fringed Orchis (Platanthera psycodes)
Spotted Coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata)
Striped Coralroot (Corallorhiza striata)
Tubercled Orchid (Platanthera flava)
White Bog Orchis (Platanthera dilatata)
White Fringed Orchis (Habenaria 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 (Listera convallarioides)
Case's Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes casei)
Checkered Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera tesselata)
Hooker's Orchis (Platanthera hookeri)
Larger Purple-fringed Orchis (Habenaria fimbriata)
Long-bracted Green Orchid (Coeloglossum viride)
Northern Slender Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes lacera)
Putty Root (Aplectrum hyemale)
Round Leaf Orchid (Platanthera orbiculata)
Small Round-leaved Orchis (Amerorchis rotundifolia)
Southern Slender Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes gracilis)
Tubercled Orchid (Platanthera flava)
White Adder's Mouth (Malaxis monophyllos)

Alaska Orchid (Piperia unalascensis)	Arethusa (Arethusa bulbosa)	Blunt Leaf Rein Orchid (Platanthera obtusata)	Club Spur Orchid (Platanthera clavellata)

Downy Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens)	Dwarf Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera repens)	Great Plains Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes magnicamporum)	Green Adder's Mouth (Malaxis unifolia)

Green-leaved Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera oblongifolia)	Heart-leaved Twayblade (Listera cordata)	Hooded Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes romanzoffiana)	Nodding Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes cernua)

Northern Green Orchis (Platanthera hyperborea)	Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis)	Spotted Coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata)	Wide-leaved Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes lucida)

Wildflowers Orchids Lady's Slippers Ladies' Tresses Rattlesnake Plantains

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