Platanthera X bicolor (Raf.) Luer 1972
Photo by Carl Luer
Photo by Nicholas Plummer
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Common Name The Two Colored Platanthera
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A natural hybrid between P. ciliaris x P. blephariglottis var conspicua found in New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennesee, Alabama, Missisippi, Louisiana and Texas that blooms in the late spring and summer.
Synonyms *Blephariglottis x bicolor Raf 1836; Habenaria × bicolor (Raf.) Beckner 1968; Habenaria × rafinesquei Beckner 1970
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Fl. Tellur. 2: 39 Raf. 1837 as Blephariglottis x bicolor
Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 37: 480 Beckner 1968 as Habenaria × bicolor nom. illeg.
Phytologia 20: 217 Beckner 1970 as Habenaria × rafinesquei
*The Native Orchids of Florida: 151 Luer 1972 drawing/photos fide;
The Native Orchids of the United States and Canada Luer 1975 drawing/photos fide;
Schlechteriana Vol 4 No 4 1993;
AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #8 2010 photo fide;
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