chnskiier's Identifications

FAMILY: Orchidaceae - Orchids
GENUS: Platanthera Rich. - Bog Orchid, Fringed Bog Orchid
SPECIES: Platanthera tipuloides (L.f.) Lindl. - Aleutian Bog Orchid
Variety: Platanthera tipuloides var. behringiana (Rydb.) Hultén – Aleutian bog orchid
ITIS TSN: 196395
LOCATION: Eastern Unalaska Island (Aleutians), Alaska
COMMON NAME(s): Bering Bog Orchid, Aleutian Bog Orchid
NOTES: RARE Orchid. Please - DO NOT COLLECT! Can be distinguished by the intense sulphur color & the long spur. IF LOCATED - please contact Suzi Golodoff, me (Abi) or the Univ of Alaska Herbarium.

7-27-14 Platanthera tipuloides var. behringiana...single plant.

Suzi Golodoff re-located this species in the late 1990's or early 2000's. For a detailed description & image of the entire plant see her book: "Wildflowers of Unalaska Island - A Guide to the Flowering Plants of an Aleutian Island" 2003 ISBN: 1-889963-18-6 or the 2nd ed: 978-1-60223-4.

6-27-21 one of 4 Cyps growing in this spot. These are the first I've found so far this spring/summer. It's been cool and very wet. Hopefully that will prevent the introduced Ground Squirrels from eating so many of these orchid flowers this year.