north american native orchid journal - at The Culture Sheet

Brown: TWO WEEKS AND 39 ORCHIDS IN WESTERN
NEWFOUNDLAND
green fringed orchis or ragged orchis; P. psycodes, small
purple fringed orchis and the forma albiflora, forma ecalcarata,
forma rosea, forma varians and the hybrids P. xandrewsii,
Andrews' hybrid fringed orchis and P. xkeenanii, Keenan's
hybrid fringed orchis are to be found in many roadside areas.
Do not forget to return to Cheeseman Park before you leave
to check on the later flowering species.
Note; Three species are found in restricted areas and are not
particularly easy to locate.
Epipactis helleborine, broad-leaved helleborine, is starting to
show up in some of the more urban areas, particularly around
St. Johns in the east and Corner Brook in the west. Look
around some of the local city parks for this recent visitor from
Europe.
Goodyera oblongifolia, giant rattlesnake orchis, is known from
only one area near Serpentine Lake. It would flower in late
July, but the road in is difficult and often gated. Perhaps you
will be the one to find it elsewhere!
Piperia unalascensis (Platanthera foetida), Alaskan Piperia, was
recently discovered just north of Port aux Choix. This species
is a common plant of western United States with a few
disjunct localities in the upper Great Lakes and on Anticosti
Island as well as the Gaspe region of Quebec. It was not a
great surprise to find it in western Newfoundland.
CHECKLIST OF THE ORCHIDS
OF WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND
1. Amerorchis rotundifolia
small round-leaved orchis
2. Arethusa bulbosa
dragon's-mouth
forma albiflora
forma subcaerulea
3. Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
common grass-pink
forma albiflorus
4. Calypso bulbosa var. americana
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