Platanthera hookeri
Small Butterfly Orchid
Platanthera psycodes
(L.) Lindl. Species
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- Botanical name
- Platanthera psycodes
- Also known as
- Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid, Small Butterfly Orchid, Small Purple Fringed Orchid
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Platanthera
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Small 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 psycodes but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Blephariglottis fissa
Blephariglottis psycodes
Blephariglottis psycodes f. albiflora
Blephariglottis psycodes f. albispicata
Blephariglottis psycodes f. ecalcarata
Blephariglottis psycodes f. rosea
Blephariglottis psycodes f. varians
Fimbriella psycodes
Habenaria fissa
Habenaria fissa
Habenaria psycodes
Habenaria psycodes f. albiflora
Habenaria psycodes f. ecalcarata
Habenaria psycodes f. varians
Habenaria psycodes var. ecalcarata
Habenaria psycodes var. varians
Habenaria racemosa
Orchis fissa
Orchis incisa
Orchis psycodes
Platanthera fissa
Platanthera psycodes f. albiflora
Platanthera psycodes f. ecalcarata
Platanthera psycodes f. rosea
Platanthera psycodes f. varians
Others in Platanthera
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