Scotty Smith's Orchids of Colorado. - Southwest Colorado Wildflowers

TELLING THOSE PLATANTHERA SPECIES APART FROM ONEANOTHERPlatanthera aquilonisPlatanthera dilatataPlatanthera huronensisLip: Light green to dark green, slightly dilated atthe base of the lip.Spur: Light green to yellow green, cylindrical inshape and shorter than the length of the lip.Petals and Sepal: Light green to yellow green.Flower forms a 90 degree angle, with the lipparalleling the stem of the plant.Leaves: Dark green. Ascending up the stem andgetting smaller as they ascend upward.Aroma: Slightly sweet smell to no aroma.Lip: Ivory white to bone white, highly dilated atthe base of the lip.Spur: Ivory white to bone white, cylindrical inshape. Length of the spur varies from ½ thelength of the lip to slightly longer than the lengthof the lip.Petals and Sepals: Ivory white to bone white.Leaves: Green to dark green. Ascending up thestem and getting smaller as they ascend upward.Aroma: Extremely sweet smelling and can bedetected from a long ways away.Lip: Light green to whitish-green.Spur: Whitish-green, cylindrical in shape. Fullyrounded on the bottom and arching outwards.Length is about as long as the length of the lip.Petals and Sepals: Light green to whitish-green.Leaves: Green to dark green. Ascending up thestem and getting smaller as they ascend upward.Aroma: Nice sweet aroma, faint to distinct.170