Platanthera hookeri
Large Butterfly Orchid
Platanthera grandiflora
(Bigelow) Lindl. Species
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- Botanical name
- Platanthera grandiflora
- Also known as
- Greater Purple Fringed Orchid, Large Butterfly Orchid, Large Purple Fringed Orchid
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Platanthera
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Large 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 grandiflora but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Blephariglottis grandiflora
Blephariglottis grandiflora f. albiflora
Blephariglottis grandiflora f. bicolor
Blephariglottis grandiflora f. carnea
Blephariglottis grandiflora f. mentotonsa
Blephariglottis psycodes var. grandiflora
Fimbriella grandiflora
Fimbriella psycodes var. grandiflora
Habenaria fimbriata
Habenaria fimbriata f. albiflora
Habenaria fimbriata f. mentotonsa
Habenaria grandiflora
Habenaria psycodes var. grandiflora
Orchis fimbriata
Orchis grandiflora
Platanthera fimbriata
Platanthera fimbriata var. grandiflora
Platanthera grandiflora f. albiflora
Platanthera grandiflora f. bicolor
Platanthera grandiflora f. carnea
Platanthera grandiflora f. mentotonsa
Platanthera psycodes var. grandiflora
Others in Platanthera
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