You may enjoy reading Orchids of the Francis Marion National Forest by Jim Fowler.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Platanthera conspicua
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 049-03-013a?:
Habenaria blephariglottis var. blephariglottis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Habenaria blephariglottis var. conspicua
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Blephariglottis conspicua
COMMON NAME:
Large White Fringed Orchid, Southern White Fringed Orchid
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August Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
Lip has a filiform fringe & a distinct isthmus. Spur often to 3" long, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Jim Fowler jafpla_000a
August-September? Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
In the foreground is a hybrid of P. conspicua & P. ciliaris called P. Xlueri