SWROGA Native Species

ORCHID SPECIES NATIVE TO SWROGA REGION

A Compendium of Orchid Expertise

Last Updated November 30, 2006

111 NATIVE ORCHIDS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN REGION ORCHID GROWERS ASSOCIATION
(Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas)

States in in Which Taxa Occur

Taxa (Common Name) ARK COL KAN LA NM OK TX

1

Aplectrum hyemale
(Puttyroot, Adam & Eve) P-a x x x

2
Calopogon barbatus
(Bearded Grass-pink) P-e x

3
Calopogon oklahomensis
(Oklahoma Grass-pink)R-1 pg.62 x x x x x

4
Calopogon pallidus
(Pale Grass-pink) P-l x

5
Calopogon pulchellus
(Grass-pink) P-l

6
Calapogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
(Grass-pink) P-a x x x

7
Calopogon tuberosus var. simpsonii
(Simpson's Grass-pink) P-a x x

8
Calypso bulbosa
(Fairy Slipper)R-2 pg.101 x x

9
Cleistes divaricata
(Spreading Pogonia) P-l x

10 Cleistes bifaria
(Rosebud Orchid)R1-pg.69 text only x

11 Coeloglossum viride var. virescens
(Long-bracted Habenaria, American Frog-orchid)R-2 pg.27 x x

12 Corallorhiza maculata
(Spotted Coralroot) P-e x x x

13 Corallorhiza odontorhize
(Autumn Coralroot, Small Coralroot, Fall Coralroot) P-a x x x x x

14 Corallorhiza striate var. striata
(Striped Coralroot)R-1 pg 76 x x x

15 Corallorhiza striata var. vreelandii
(Small Striped Coralroot) x x x

16 Corallorhiza, striata f. fulva?
(Yellow Striped Coralroot) x

17 Corallorhiza trifida
(Northern Coralroot)R-2 pg.296 x x

18 Corallorhiza wisteriana
(Spring Coralroot, Wister's Coralroot) P-a x x x x x x x

19 Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflourum
(Small Lady's-slipper, Yellow Lady's-slipper) P-a x x x x x

20 Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens
(Large Yellow Lady-slipper)R-3 pg.16 x

21 Cypripedium fasciculatum
(Clustered Lady's slipper)R-2 pg.200 x

22 Cypripedium kentuckiensis
(Rafinesque's Lady's-slipper, Southern Lady's-slipper, Kentucky Lady's-slipper) P-a x x x x

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23 Cypripedium pubescens var. planipetalum
(Flat-petaled Yellow Lady's-slipper, Large Yellow Lady's-slipper) P-a x x

24 Cypripedium reginae
(Showy Lady's-slipper) P-a x

25 Deiregyne confusa
(Hidalgo Ladies'-tresses)R-1, text only x

26 Dichromanthus cinnabarinus
(Scarlet Ladies'-tresses)R-1 pg.90 x

27 Epidendrum conopseum
(Green-fly Orchid) P-l x

28 Epipactis gigantea
(Giant Helieborine, Stream Orchid, Chattebox) P-e x x x x

29 Ethryodes querceticola
(Low Erythrodes) P-e x

30 Eulophia ecristata
(Crestless Eulophia [Wild coco])R4 pg240-241 x

31 Galearis spectabilis
(Showy Orchis) P-a x x x

32 Goodyeara oblongifolia
(Green-leaved Rattlesnake Orchid)R5 pg.230-231 x x

33 Goodyear pubescens
(Downy Rattlesnake Plantain) P-a x x

34 Goodyeara repens var. repens
(Lesser Rattlesnake Plantain)R5 pg.236 text only x

35 Goodyeara repens var. ophioides
(White-blotched Rattlesnake Plantain)R5 pg.237-238 x

36 Habenaria ciliaris
(Yellow Fringed Orchid)R5 pg.63-64 x x x

37 Habenaria cristata
(Yellow Crested Orchid) x x x

38 Habenaria nivea
(Snowy Orchid)R4 pg.146-147 x x

39 Habenaria quinqueseta
(Michaux's Orchid, Long-Horned Orchid) P-e x

40 Habenaria repens
(Water-spider Orchid) P-l x x x x

41 Hexatectris grandiflora
(Greerman's Hexaiectris, Giant Coral Root) P-e x

42 Hexalectris nitide
(Grass Mountain Coral Root) P-e x

43 Hexalectris revoluta
(no common name) P-e x

44 Hexalectris spicata var. arizonia
(Arizona Crested Coral root)R-1 pg.110 x

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45 Hexalectis spicata var. spicata
(Crested Coral root) P-a x x x x x x

46 Hexalectris warnockii
(Texas Purple-spike) P-e x

47 Isotria verticillata
(Large Whorled Pogonia, Whorled Pogonia) P-a x x x x

48 Liparis lilifolia
(Large Twayblade, Lily-leaved Twayblade) P-a x x

49 Liparis loeslii
(Fan Orchid, Loeset's Twayblade) P-a x x

50 Listera australis
(Southern Twayblade) P-a x x x x

51 Listers borealis
(Northern Twayblade)R5 pg.118 drawing,text p.121 x

52 Listers convallarigides
(Broadleaved Twayblade)R5 pg.124-125 x

53 Listers cordata
(Heart-Leaved Twayblade)R5 pg.125-126 x x

54 Malaxis ehrenbergii
(Ehrenberg's Malaxis) P-e x

55 Malaxis macrostachya {M. soulei}
(Mountain Malaxis, Rat-tail Malaxis) P-e x x

56 Malaxis monophyllos {N. bracgtoida}
(White Malaxis)R5 pg.258-259 x

57 Malaxis tenuis
(no common name)R5 pg.265-267 x

58 Malaxis unifolia
(Green Adder's Mouth, Green Malaxis)P-a pg.46 x x x x x

59 Malaxis wendtii
(Wendt's Malaxis) P-a x

60 Pipera unataschensis
(Elegant Piperia, Wood Rein-orchid)R5 pg.111-112 x

61 Platanthera blepharigiottis
(White Fringed Orchid) P-e x x

62 Platanthera brevifolia
(no common name) x

63 Platanthera X chapmanii
(Chapman's Orchid) P-a x x

64 Platanthera ciliaris
(Golden Plum, Orange Fringed-orchid, Yellow Fringed Orchid) P-a x x x x

65 Platanthera clavellata
(Little Club-spur Orchid,Small Green Wood-orchid, Green Rein Orchid) P-a x x x x

66 Platanthera cristata
(Crested Fringed-orchid, Orange-crest) P-a and R4 pg.142-143 x x x

67 Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata
(Tall White Bog-orchid, Bog-candle)R5 pg.69-70 x x

68 Platanthera flava var. flava
(Southern Rein-orchid, Southern Tubercled orchid) P-a x x x x

69 Platanthera hyperborea
(Green-flowered Bog-orchid)R5 pg.78-79 x x

70 Platanthera integra
(Golden Frog Arrow, Yellow Fringless Orchid) P-e x x

71 Platanthera lacera
(Ragged-fringed Orchid, Green Fringed Orchid) P-a x x x x x

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72 Platanthera leucophaea
(Prairie Fringed-orchid, Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid)R-3 pg.40 x x

73 Platanthera limosa
(Thurber's Bog-orchid)R5 pg.87-88 x

74 Platanthera nivea
(Snowy Orchid) P-a x x x

75 Platanthera obtusata
(Northern Small Bog-orchid)R5 pg.91-92 x

76 Platanthera peramoena
(Purple Fringless-orchid) P-a x

77 Platanthera praeclara
(Western Prairie Fringed-orchid)R-3 pg.42 x x x

78 Platanthera psychodes
(Small Purple Fringed-orchid, Lesser Purple Fringed-orchid, Butterfly Orchid)R-3 pg.45 x

79 Platanthera repens
(Water Spider Orchid)R5 pg.102-103 x

80 Platanthera sparsiflora
(Sparsely-flowered Bog-orchid)R5 pg 106-107 x x

81 Platanthera stricta {inc. P. purpurascens}
(Slender Bog-orchid) x x

82 Platythellys querceticola
(Low Erythrodes) x

83 Pogonia ophioglossoides
(Rose Pogonia) P-a x x x

84 Pontieva racemosa
(Shadow-witch) P-e x x

85 Schiedeella prasitica
(Red Spot Ladies'-tresses)R-1, pg.157 x

86 Spiranthes brevilabris var. brevilabris
(Texas Ladies' - tresses) P-e x x

87 Spiranthes brevilabris var. floridana
(Florida Ladies' tresses)R-1 pg.163 x

88 Spiranthes cernua var. cernua
(Nodding Ladies' - tresses)R-1 pg.164 x x x x x

89 Spiranthes cermua var. magnicamporum
(Great Plain's Ladies' - tresses, Sheviak's Ladies'-tresses) P-a x x x x x x

90 Spiranthes cernua var. odorata
(Fragrant Ladies' - tresses) P-a x x x x

91 Spiranthes cinnabarina
(Scarlet Ladies'-tresses)R5 pg.191-192 x

92 Spiranthes diluvialis
(no common name?) x

93 Spiranthes durangensis
(no common name)R-1 text only x

94 Spiranthes lacera Raf. var. lacera
(Northern Slender Ladies'-tresses) x x x

95 Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis
(Slender Ladies-tresses, Green Pearl-twist, Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses) P-a x x x x

96 Spiranthes laciniata
(Lace-lip Ladies' - tresses) P-a x x x

97 Spiranthes longilabris
(Giant Spiral Orchid, Long-lip Ladies'-tresses)R-1 pg.72 x

98 Spiranthes lucida
(Wide-Leaved Ladies' - tresses) P-a x x

99 Spiranthes michuacana
(no common name)R5 pg.210-211 x

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100 Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis
(Oval Ladies' - tresses) P-a x x x x x

101 Spiranthes ovalis var. erostellata
(Northern Oval Ladies' - tresses)P-a pg.84 and R-3 pg 79 x

102 Spiranthes parasitica
(no common name)R5 pg.214 text only x

103 Spiranthes parksii (Park's Ladies- tresses)R-1 pg.182 x

104 Spiranthes praecox
(Giant Ladies' - tresses, Grass-leaved Ladies'-tresses) P-a x x x x

105 Spiranthes romanzoffiana
(Hooded Ladies' - tresses)R-1 text only and R5 pg.220-223 x x

106 Spiranthes tuberosa
(Little Ladies' - tresses, Little Pearl-twis, Least Ladies'-tresses)P-a x x x x x

107 Spiranthes vernalis
(Spring Ladies' - tresses, Grass-leaved Ladies'-tresses, Upland Ladies'-tresses) P-a x x x x x x

108 Stenorrhynchos michuacmus
(Michoacan Ladies'-tresses)R-1 pg.193 x

109 Tipularia discolor
(Cranefly Orchid) P-a x x x x

110 Triphora trianthophora
(Three Bird Orchid, Nodding Pogonia) P-a x x x x x

111 Zeuxine strateumatica
(Gulf Lawn Orchid) P-e x x

Legend

P-a = book "Orchids of Arkansas" by Dr. Slater. Click here for permission letter.

P-e = photos from Ed Wright

P-l = book "Wildflowers of Louisiana'

R1 = Wild Orchids of Texas

R2 = Wild Orchids Across North America

R3 = Missouri Orchids

R4 = The Native Orchids of Florida by Carlyle A. Luer

R5 = Native Orchids of North America by Donoval Stewart Correll

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** Many thanks to Ervin and Carol Granier for their hours of dedication in the compilation of the listing of the 111 Native Orchids in the SWROGA area!

Help! SWROGA would like to have pictures of all of the native species of orchids found in SWROGA. If anyone has a picture (it need not be digitized), and are willing to share their picture, then please contact Ervin and Carol Granier as soon as possible. The contributor's name will be associated with each picture contribution. Thank you!