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Orchid Family
3 species
Yellow Lady's-slipper - flower 1.5 to 5 cm - leaves 5 to 20 cm - height to 80 cm - Leslie Spit - June 2009
Order: Orchidales
Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Genus: Cypripedium
Species: Parviflorum
Perennial - native to Canada
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Liliopsida
Updated Jan 14 2010
More Yellow Lady's-slipper
Common Helleborine - flower 1 to 1.5 cm - raceme 10 to 30 cm - leaves 2 to 10 cm - height to 80 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - July 2010
Order: Orchidales
Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Genus: Epipactis
Species: Helleborine
Perennial - also known as Broadleaf Helleborine - native
to Europe
to Europe
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Liliopsida
Updated Oct 28 2010
More Common Helleborine
Nodding Ladies'-tresses - flower 1 to 1.5 cm - raceme 4 to 15 cm - leaves (basal) to 30 cm - height to 50 cm - Leslie Spit - August 2010
Order: Orchidales
Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Genus: Spiranthes
Species: Cernua
Perennial - also known as Drooping Ladies'-tresses,
Nodding Lady's tresses - native to Canada
Nodding Lady's tresses - native to Canada
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Liliopsida
