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Fringed Orchid

Fringed Orchid yellow flowers

Platanthera ciliaris                                                  Photo Kerry Dressler ©

The spectacular fringed orchid can grow to three feet in height (1m) and blooms between July and August. The flower spike is a cluster of bright yellow or orange flowers that have a deeply fringed lip; hence the name.

Fringed orchids grow in wet pine flatwoods, marshes, and wet roadside ditches.

This native orchid is a protected plant and may not be collected.

 

 

 

 

 

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