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NC Native Orchids
Thumbnail | Scientific Name | Common Name | State Rank (*) | State Status (*) |
Fed. Status (*) |
Bloom Time |
Bloom Area (*) |
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Aplectrum hyemale | Puttyroot, Adam and Eve | No U.S. Status Listed | May - June | Mountains, Piedmont | |||
Arethusa bulbosa | Bog Rose | No U.S. Status Listed | May - June | Mountains | |||
Calopogon barbatus | Bearded Grass Pink | No U.S. Status Listed | April - May | Coast | |||
Calopogon multiflorus [= Limodorum multiflorum] | Many-flowered Grass-pink | No U.S. Status Listed | May - June | Coast | |||
Calopogon pallidus [= Limodorum pallidum] | Pale Grass Pink | No U.S. Status Listed | May - June - July | Coast | |||
Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus | Common Grass-pink | No U.S. Status Listed | April - May - June - July | Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast) | |||
Cleistesiopsis bifaria [= Cleistes bifaria] | Small Spreading Pogonia | No U.S. Status Listed | May - June - July | Coast, Mountains | |||
Cleistesiopsis divaricata [= Cleistes divaricata, Pogonia divaricata] | Spreading Pogonia | No U.S. Status Listed | May - June - July | Coast, Mountains | |||
Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata | Eastern Spotted Coral Root | No U.S. Status Listed | July - August | Mountains | |||
Corallorhiza odontorhiza | Autumn Coral Root | No U.S. Status Listed | August, September, October | Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast) | |||
Corallorhiza wisteriana | Spring Coral Root | No U.S. Status Listed | March. April, May | Statewide - Mountains, Piedmont, Coast | |||
Cypripedium acaule | Pink Lady's-slipper, Stemless Lady's-slipper | No U.S. Status Listed | April - May - June - July | Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast) | |||
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum [= Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum] | Small Yellow Lady's-slipper | No U.S. Status Listed | April - May - June | Mountains | |||
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens [= Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens] | Large Yellow Lady's-slipper, Whippoorwill Shoes | No U.S. Status Listed | April - May - June | Mountains, Piedmont | |||
Cypripedium reginae | Showy Lady'-slipper, Queen Lady's-slipper | No U.S. Status Listed | May - June | Mountains | |||
Dactylorhiza viridis [= Coeloglossum viride var. virescens, Habenaria viridis var. bracteata] | Long-bracted Frog Orchid, Frog Orchid | No U.S. Status Listed | April - May - June | Mountains | |||
Epidendrum conopseum [= Epidendrum magnoliae] | Green-fly Orchid, Green Fly Orchid | No U.S. Status Listed | July - August - September - October | Coast | |||
Epipactis helleborine | Broad-leaved Helleborine, Eastern Helleborine, Weed Orchid | No U.S. Status Listed | June - July - August - September | Mountains | |||
Galearis spectabilis [= Orchis spectabilis] | Showy Orchis | No U.S. Status Listed | April - May - June - July | Mountains, Piedmont | |||
Goodyera pubescens | Downy Rattlesnake-orchid, Downy Rattlesnake-plantain | No U.S. Status Listed | June - July - August | Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast) | |||
Habenaria repens | Water-spider Orchid, Floating Orchid | No U.S. Status Listed | April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November | Coast | |||
Hexalectris spicata | Crested Coralroot, Crested Coral-root, Brunetta | No U.S. Status Listed | July - August | Statewide | |||
Isotria medeoloides | Small Whorled Pogonia, Little Five-leaves | T - Threatened | May - June | Piedmont | |||
Isotria verticillata | Large Whorled Pogonia, Large Five-fingers | No U.S. Status Listed | April - May - June - July | Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast) | |||
Liparis liliifolia | Large Twayblade, Lily-Leaved Twayblade, Purple Twayblade, Mauve Sleekwort, Brown Widelip Orchid, Russet-witch | No U.S. Status Listed | May - June - July | S - State-wide, common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare on Coast | |||
Liparis loeselii | Fen Orchid, Loesel's Twayblade, Bog Twayblade, Yellow Wide-lip Orchid | No U.S. Status Listed | May - June - July | Mountains | |||
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Malaxis bayardii | Appalachian Adder's-mouth, Bayard's Adder's-mouth Orchid | FSC - Federal Special Concern | July - August - September | Mountains, Piedmont | ||
Malaxis spicata | Florida Adder's-mouth, Florida Adder's Mouth | No U.S. Status Listed | June - July - August | Coast, Mountains | |||
Malaxis unifolia | Green Adder's-mouth, Green Adder's Mouth | No U.S. Status Listed | June - July - August | Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast) | |||
Neottia bifolia [= Listera australis] | Southern Twayblade | No U.S. Status Listed | Apr - Jul | Coast | |||
Neottia cordata [= Listera cordata var. cordata] | Heartleaf Twayblade, Lesser Twayblade | No U.S. Status Listed | June - July | Mountains | |||
Neottia smallii [= Listera smallii] | Appalachian Twayblade, Small's Twayblade, Kidneyleaf Twayblade | No U.S. Status Listed | Mountains | ||||
Orthochilus ecristatus [= Eulophia ecristata, Pteroglassapsis ecristata] | Spiked Medusa, Smooth-lipped Eulophia, Non-crested Eulophia, Giant Orchid | No U.S. Status Listed | June - July - August - September | Coast | |||
Platanthera ciliaris [= Habenaria ciliaris] | Yellow Fringed Orchid, Orange Fringed Orchid, Orange Plume, Bobwhite's-mocassin, Owl's-head | No U.S. Status Listed | July - August - September | Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast) | |||
Platanthera clavellata [= Habenaria clavellata] | Small Green Wood Orchid, Small Woodland Orchid, Little Club-spur Bog Orchid | No U.S. Status Listed | June - July - August - September | Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast) | |||
Platanthera conspicua [= Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua; Habenaria blephariglottis var. conspicua]] | Large White Fringed Orchid, White-fringed Orchid | No U.S. Status Listed | July - August - September | Coast, rare Mountains | |||
Platanthera cristata [= Habenaria cristata] | Yellow Crested Orchis, Crested Fringed Orchid, Golden Fringed Orchid | No U.S. Status Listed | June - July - August - September | Mountains, Coast | |||
Platanthera flava [= Habenaria flava var. flava] | Southern Rein Orchid, Palegreen Orchid, Southern Gypsy-spike | No U.S. Status Listed | March - April - May - June - July - August - September | Piedmont, Coast | |||
Platanthera grandiflora [= Habenaria psychodes var. grandiflora] | Large Purple Fringed Orchid, Greater Purple Fringed Orchid, Greater Purple Fringed Bog-orchid, Plume-royal | No U.S. Status Listed | June - July - August | Mountains - Mountainsountains | |||
Platanthera herbiola [= Habenaria flava var. herbiola] | Tubercled Rein Orchid, Northern Gypsy-spike, Northern Green Orchid | No U.S. Status Listed | May - June - July - August - September | Mountains - Mountainsountains | |||
Platanthera integra [ = Habenaria integra] | Golden Fringeless Orchid, Yellow Fringeless Orchid, Golden Frog Arrow | No U.S. Status Listed | June - July - August - September | Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast) | |||
Platanthera integrilabia [= Habenaria blephariglottis var. integrilabia] | White Fringeless Orchid, Monkey-face Orchid | T - Threatened | June - July - August - September | Mountains - Mountainsountains | |||
Platanthera lacera [= Habenaria lacera] | Green Fringed Orchid, Ragged Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid | No U.S. Status Listed | June - July - August | Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast) | |||
Platanthera nivea [= Habenaria nivea] | Snowy Orchid, Bog-spike, Frog Spear, Bog Torch, White Frog Arrow, White Rein Orchid | No U.S. Status Listed | June - July - August | Coast | |||
Platanthera orbiculata [= Habenaria orbiculata] | Large Round-leaved Orchid, Dinner-plate Orchid, Lesser roundleaved orchid, Roundleaf Rein Orchid | No U.S. Status Listed | June - July - August - September | Mountains- Mountainsountains, Piedmont | |||
Platanthera peramoena [= Habenaria peramoena] | Purple Fringeless Orchid, Purple Spire Orchid, Pride-of-the-peak | No U.S. Status Listed | June - July - August - September - October | Mountains- Mountainsountains | |||
Platanthera psycodes [= Habenaria psychodes var. psychodes] | Small Purple Fringed Orchid, Butterfly Orchid, Lesser Purple Fringed orchid | No U.S. Status Listed | June - July - August | Mountains - Mountainsountains | |||
Platanthera shriveri [= Blephariglottis shriveri ] | Shriver’s Purple Fringed Orchid, Shriver’s Frilly Orchid | FSC - Federal Special Concern | mid Jul - early Aug | Mountains | |||
Platanthera x bicolor {P. blephariglottis x P. ciliaris} [= Habenaria x bicolor] | Bicolor Bog Orchid | No U.S. Status Listed | June - July - August | Coast | |||
Pogonia ophioglossoides | Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth, Beardflower, Ettercap, Addermouth | No U.S. Status Listed | May - June | Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast) | |||
Ponthieva racemosa | Shadow Witch, Shadow-witch, Hairy Shadlow-witch | No U.S. Status Listed | September-October | Coast | |||
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Spiranthes brevilabris | Short-lipped Ladies'-tresses, Texas Ladies'-tresses, Ladies' Tresses | No U.S. Status Listed | February - March - April | Coast | ||
Spiranthes cernua | Nodding Ladies'-tresses, Ladies' Tresses | No U.S. Status Listed | July - August - September - October - November | Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast) | |||
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Spiranthes eatonii | Eaton's Ladies'-tresses, Ladies' Tresses | No U.S. Status Listed | March - April - May | Coast | ||
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Spiranthes floridana | Florida Ladies'-tresses, Ladies' Tresses | No U.S. Status Listed | April - May | Coast | ||
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis | Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses, Ladies' Tresses | No U.S. Status Listed | August-September | Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast) | |||
Spiranthes lacera var. lacera | Northern Slender Ladies'-tresses, Ladies' Tresses | No U.S. Status Listed | Aug - Sep | Mountains - Mountainsountains | |||
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Spiranthes laciniata | Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses, Ladies' Tresses | No U.S. Status Listed | May - June - July | Coast | ||
Spiranthes longilabris | Giant Spiral Orchid, Long-lipped Ladies'-tresses, Ladies' Tresses | T - Threatened | October - November - December | Coast | |||
Spiranthes lucida | Shining Ladies'-tresses, Ladies' Tresses | No U.S. Status Listed | June | Mountains - Mountainsountains | |||
Spiranthes ochroleuca | Yellow Nodding Ladies'-tresses, Ladies' Tresses | No U.S. Status Listed | September - October | Mountains | |||
Spiranthes odorata | Fragrant Ladies'-tresses, Marsh Ladies'-tresses, Ladies' Tresses | No U.S. Status Listed | September - October - November | Coast | |||
Spiranthes ovalis var. erostellata | Oval Ladies'-tresses, Lesser Ladies'-tresses, October Ladies'-tresses, Ladies' Tresses | No U.S. Status Listed | August - September - October - November | Piedmont, Coast | |||
Spiranthes praecox | Grass-leaved Ladies'-tresses, Greenvein Ladies'-tresses, Giant Ladies'-tresses, Ladies' Tresses | No U.S. Status Listed | March - April - May - June - July | Piedmont, Coast | |||
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Spiranthes sylvatica | Woodland Ladies'-tresses, Pale Green Ladies'-tresses, Ladies' Tresses | No U.S. Status Listed | March - April - May - June - July | Coast | ||
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Spiranthes tuberosa | Little Ladies'-tresses, Little Pearl-Twist, Ladies' Tresses | No U.S. Status Listed | June - July - August - September | Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast) | ||
Spiranthes vernalis | Twisted Ladies'-tresses, Spring Ladies'-tresses, Ladies' Tresses | No U.S. Status Listed | March - April - May - June - July | Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast) | |||
Tipularia discolor | Cranefly Orchid, Crippled Cranefly | No U.S. Status Listed | July - August - September | Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast) | |||
Triphora trianthophoros var. trianthophoros [= Triphora trianthophora] | Three Birds Orchid, Nodding Pogonia, Nodding Ettercap | No U.S. Status Listed | July - August - September | Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast) |
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Crosses not listed by the State
Thumbnail | Scientific Name | Common Name | State Rank (*) | State Status (*) | Fed. Status | Bloom Time | Bloom Area (*) |
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Liparis x jonesii | (L. liliifolia x L. loeselii) | S? | - | - | Spring | M |
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Platanthera x andrewsii | (P. lacera x P. psycodes) | S? | - | - | Summer | M |
Platanthera x bicolor | (P. blephariglottis x P. ciliaris) | S? | - | - | Summer | C | |
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Platanthera x canbyi | (P. blephariglottis x P. cristata) | S? | - | - | Summer | C |
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Platanthera x channelli | (P. ciliaris x P. cristata) | S? | - | - | Summer | C |
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Platanthera x keenanii | (P. grandiflora x P. lacera) | S? | - | - | Summer | M |
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Some sights to watch for
- A field full of Pogonia ophioglossoides
- A hillside of Spiranthes cernua
- A roadside of Platanthera nivea
- A waterway mat of Habenaria repens
- A waterway of Pogonia ophioglossoides
Photographs © David R. McAdoo (ncorchid @ yahoo.com) and other society members. Used with permission. Thank you very much! :)
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