Orchidaceae
Helleborine (Epipactis
helleborine). A spike of fascinating little orchid flowers,
with broad pointed leaves alternate on the stem. The distinctive flowers
have lips that look like little slippers filled with chocolate sauce. The
color of the flowers is quite variable, according to botanical references;
they may be yellowish, or green, or purple. The species is quite
uncommon around here, but weedily abundant in some places, such as
Schenley Farms, where Helleborine grows abundantly on otherwise neatly
kept shady front banks.
Cypripedium calceolus*
Cypripedium acaule*
Orchis spectabilis*
Habenaria clavellata*
Habenaria flava
Habenaria orbiculata*
Habenaria lacera*
Habenaria psychodes*
Habenaria peramoena*
Isotria verticillata*
Spiranthes lacera*
Spiranthes gracilis*
Spiranthes vernalis
Spiranthes cernua
Goodyera pubescens*
Corallorhiza trifida*
Corallorhiza maculata*
Corallorhiza odontorhiza*
Liparis lilifoloa*
Aplectrum hyemale*