Platanthera x bicolor

Hybrid of P. ciliaris and P. blephariglottis

Photographed SC USA, 10 August 2004 

Image number 100804ds30

This hybrid of the  Yellow and White fringed orchids was found between the plants that were assumed to be its parents. As the labellum resembles that of P. ciliaris it is likely that P. ciliaris is the mother of the hybrid.