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n. - Herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres.

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  • Greater Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera chlorantha).
  • White bog-orchid, Platanthera dilatata, hidden in plain sight.
  • Many of the group Habenaria or Platanthera, to which this flower belongs, are similarly planned.
  • Platanthera psycodes (small purple-fringed orchis), very common, East Branch and Chesuncook, 1853.
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