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Orchid Family
6 species
Order: Orchidales
Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Genus: Cypripedium (Lady's Slipper )
Species: Parviflorum
Perennial - native to North America
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Liliopsida
Updated January 14 2010
More Yellow Lady's Slipper
Order: Orchidales
Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Genus: Epipactis
Species: Helleborine
Perennial - also known as Broadleaf Helleborine - native to
Europe
Europe
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Liliopsida
Updated December 20 2015
More Common Helleborine
Order: Orchidales
Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Genus: Spiranthes
Species: Cernua
Perennial - also known as Drooping Ladies'-tresses,
Nodding Lady's tresses - native to eastern North America
Nodding Lady's tresses - native to eastern North America
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Liliopsida
Yellow Lady's Slipper - flower 1.5 to 5 cm - leaves 5 to 20 cm - height to 80 cm - Leslie Spit - June 2009
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 - September 2008
Common Helleborine - flower 1 to 1.5 cm - raceme 10 to 30 cm - leaves 2 to 10 cm - height to 80 cm - Rouge Park - August 2015
Updated January 8 2016
More Nodding Ladies-tresses
Order: Orchidales
Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Genus: Spiranthes
Species: Lucida
Perennial - also known as Wide-leaved Lady's tresses -
wide, shiny leaves and yellow lip of flower are distinctive -
earliest blooming Spiranthes species - native to eastern
North America
wide, shiny leaves and yellow lip of flower are distinctive -
earliest blooming Spiranthes species - native to eastern
North America
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Liliopsida
Updated May 23 2019
More Shining Ladies-tresses
Shining Ladies'-tresses - flower approx. 1 cm - leaves (basal) to 10 cm - height to 25 cm - Rouge Park (Twyn Rivers) - June 2018
Order: Orchidales
Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Genus: Cypripedium (Lady's Slipper )
Species: Reginae
Perennial - native to eastern North America
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Liliopsida
Updated January 20 2021
More Showy Lady's Slipper
Showy Lady's Slipper - flower to 5 cm - leaves to 25 cm - height to 60 cm - Caledon Lake Forest - June 2017
Order: Orchidales
Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Genus: Corallorhiza
Species: Maculata?
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Liliopsida
Updated January 31 2021
More Corralroot
Perennial - lacking chlorophyll most Corralroot orchids
(excepting C. trifida) survive in a parasitic relationship with
fungi - native to North America
(excepting C. trifida) survive in a parasitic relationship with
fungi - native to North America
Corralroot - flower approx. 1.5 cm - leaves reduced to sheaths surrounding stem - height to 60 cm - York Regional Forest (Happy Valley Tract) - August 2017