Platanthera hookeri
Greater Butterfly-Orchid
Platanthera chlorantha
(Custer) Rchb. Species
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- Botanical name
- Platanthera chlorantha
- Also known as
- Greater Butterfly-Orchid
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Platanthera
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Greater Butterfly-Orchid
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Platanthera chlorantha but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Conopsidium platantherum
Gymnadenia chlorantha
Habenaria chlorantha
Habenaria chloroleuca
Habenaria montana
Habenaria virescens
Orchis bifolia var. elatior
Orchis bifolia var. macroglossa
Orchis chlorantha
Orchis montana
Orchis platanthera
Orchis virescens
Platanthera bifolia subsp. chlorantha
Platanthera bifolia subsp. chlorantha
Platanthera bifolia var. montana
Platanthera chlorantha f. bracteata
Platanthera chlorantha f. grandiflora
Platanthera chlorantha var. angustata
Platanthera chlorantha var. grandiflora
Platanthera chlorantha var. gselliana
Platanthera chlorantha var. montana
Platanthera chlorantha var. robusta
Platanthera montana
Platanthera montana var. gselliana
Platanthera virescens
Pseudanthera breadalbanensis
Others in Platanthera
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