north american native orchid journal - at The Culture Sheet

Brown & Folsom: WILD ORCHIDS OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE
Riding along the highway near the Mt.
Washington Hotel having the advantage of
the passenger seat and a better view of the
steep hillsides one could easily see the purple
fringes that were not visible from the driver's
seat. Stopping the car and getting out to
inspect the area yielded more purples and
the ragged fringed and their hybrids as well.
The opposite was true when the driver
sighted a hillside of Epipactis blooming
across the road that the passenger missed. It
didn't help that the hillside was in bright
sun, the grass had grow tall and turned rich
yellow and the flowering orchids were yellow
flowered as well.
Hybrids:
Platanthera ×andrewsii (Niles) Luer top right
Andrews’ hybrid fringed orchis
(P. lacera × P. psycodes)
Not at all uncommon throughout most of the
range of the two parents.
Platanthera
×keenanii
P.M. Brown
Keenan’s
hybrid
fringed orchis
(P. grandiflora × P. lacera)
Uncommon and usually seen as individuals
left and above
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