Other common names:
Small Purple Fringed Orchis, Smaller Purple Fringed Orchis Other scientific names: Habenaria psycodes, Blephariglottis psycodes, Orchis fimbriata, Orchis psycodes French names:
Habénaire papillon Family: Orchid Family (Orchidaceae) Group: Orchids Distinctive features:
A small orchid. Purple flowers with a fringed lip. Wet areas. Similar species: • White Fringed Orchid (Platanthera blephariglottis) - white flowers. •
Large Purple-fringed Orchid (Platanthera grandiflora) - larger. Flowers: Summer; Blue/Violet; Irregular flowers; Purple/magenta flowers. Lip conspicuously fringed and lobed. Flower cluster less than 2" thick. Leaves:
Typical orchid leaves. Height:
25-50 cm (10-20 in) Habitat: Wet Areas; Wet areas. Books: Newcomb's Wildflower Guide: 42 Peterson's Field Guide to Wildflowers: 224, 242 ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario: 99 Native/Non-native:
Native Photographs:
383 photographs available, of which 6 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Range Map is at the bottom of the page
Beautiful purple-magenta flowers, in a spike.
This photo was taken at the beginning of July.
This is the same plant two weeks later. As you can see, it is in bloom for quite awhile.
This is another plant, in the third week of July. This photo was actually taken in Newfoundland.
Flowers in bud (end of June).
Closeup of an individual flower. Note the three comspicuous lobes, which are fringed.
Photo of the whole plant.
Note the typical orchid leaves. Orchids are Monocots, which have parallel veins in their leaves parallel, and flower parts in multiples of three.
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