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Hi Everyone, I have had many responses to my request for info about our 'rare flower'. So many people were interested and also helpful. I received the following reply from Carl Munden. I asked if I could post it for all the people who inquired about my flowers. Thanks to everyone. Virginia Redden Port Howe Cumb Co Virginia: Your pink ones are Platanthera psycodes....nectary opening rectangular or dumbell shaped, lacerations on lip short. The gone off are probably Platanthera grandiflora. Had you seen them 2 weeks earlier they would have been the same pinkish colour. Both species can reach 1 metre tall when they are "happy campers". Over all their NE North American range, the two will bloom at the same time EXCEPT Nova Scotia where, P. grandiflora blooms from mid to end of July and P. psycodes from begining to mid August. A good place to see hundreds of psycodes is All of Cape Breton and Brier Island. P. grandiflora is rather uncommon in NS. You are very fortunate to have a location where both species are in close proximity. You can get more detail about the two in my book "NATIVE ORCHIDS of NOVA SCOTIA." > Do not feel bad about the Prairie Fringed Orchid...I, myself have been fooled a couple of times before but always by the Ragged Fringed P. lacera. > Thanks for your interest and Happy Orchidizing. > > Carl Munden aka "PSYCODES" -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)
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