Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl. 1835 Photo courtesy of Nicholas Plummer

Plant Ensitu Photo courtesy of Zachary Bradford

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Common Name or Meaning The Combed Platanthera - The Yellow Crested Orchid

Flower Size 1/2" x 1" [1.25 x 2.50 cm]

Synonyms Blephariglottis cristata (Michx.) Raf. 1836; Habenaria cristata (Michx.) R. Br. 1813; *Orchis cristata Michx. 1803; Platanthera cristata f. straminea P.M.Br. 1995

References W3 Tropicos [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html] , Kew Monocot list [ http://www.kew.org/wcsp/home.do ], IPNI [ http://www.us.ipni.org/ipni/plantsearch?request_type=search&output_format=query&ret_defaults=on Field Guide to the Orchids of North America Williams 1983