Small Purple Fringed Orchid (white form) -- Platanthera psycodes f. albiflora
Steuben County, Indiana.
I had never seen the white form until now. Four of them were found among the purple ones. The flowers on this one are unusual compared to the other white ones that were seen and as compared to normal purple ones in two ways: 1) the fringes on the lip are more deeply fringed giving it a more frilly appearance, and 2) the two lateral petals are quite large and flattened giving the individual flowers an unusual flared out appearance. Put your cursor over the photo to see a note box that points out one of the lateral petals.
Small Purple Fringed Orchid (white form) -- Platanthera psycodes f. albiflora
Steuben County, Indiana.
I had never seen the white form until now. Four of them were found among the purple ones. The flowers on this one are unusual compared to the other white ones that were seen and as compared to normal purple ones in two ways: 1) the fringes on the lip are more deeply fringed giving it a more frilly appearance, and 2) the two lateral petals are quite large and flattened giving the individual flowers an unusual flared out appearance. Put your cursor over the photo to see a note box that points out one of the lateral petals.