Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindley. Subgenus: Fimbriella. Common name: Large Purple Fringed Orchid, Plume-royal. Phenology: Jun-early Jul. Habitat: Bogs, seepages, moist places at high elevations. Distribution: NL (Newfoundland) and ON south to NJ, OH, and MI, and south in the mountains to w. NC and ne. GA
ID notes: Blooming 3-4 weeks earlier than either P. psycodes and P. shriveri when they grow in proximity.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: If Orchis fimbriata Aiton is conspecific, the correct name is P. fimbriata (Aiton) Lindley.
Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, Can, Il, K4, NE, NS, NY, POWO, Tn, Va; = Habenaria grandiflora (Bigelow) Torr.; = Platanthera fimbriata (Aiton) Lindl.; < Blephariglottis grandiflora (Bigelow) Rydb. — S, S13; < Fimbriella psycodes (L.) Butzin var. grandiflora (Bigelow) Butzin — Butzin (1981); < Habenaria fimbriata (Aiton) R.Br. — F, Tat, WV; < Habenaria psycodes (L.) Spreng. var. grandiflora (Bigelow) A.Gray — C, G, RAB, Correll (1950); < Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl. — FNA26, Pa, W, Efimov (2016), Luer (1975)
Links to other floras: < Platanthera grandiflora - FNA26
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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© Alan Cressler: Platanthera grandiflora, Great Craggy Mountain, Blue Ridge Parkway, Buncombe County, North Carolina 3 by Alan Cressler source
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© Alan Cressler: Platanthera grandiflora, Chattahoochee National Forest, Gilmer County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information
| Intro | Stems | Leaves | Inforescence | Flowers | Fruits | Comments | Height | plant sale text | bloom table text | description | stems | leaves | inflorescence | flowers | fruits | comments | cultural notes | germination code | native range |
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Erect perennial found in bogs, seepages and other moist places at high elevations. | Stem somewhat fleshy, unbranched, smooth. | Leaves alternate, lance-shaped to oval, 3-10 in. long (reduced upward), with parallel veins and a central crease (keeled), smooth. | Flowers 30-60 in a dense, cylindric terminal raceme; purple; 3/4-1 in. long; bilaterally symmetric; consisting of 2 petals and a sepal forming a flattish hood, 2 wing-like lateral sepals, a 3-lobed lip-petal (each lobe fan-like and prominently fringed) and a long, club-shaped spur. | Fruit an ellipsoid capsule. | 1-4 ft. | Erect perennial found in bogs, seepages and other moist places at high elevations. | Stem somewhat fleshy, unbranched, smooth. | Leaves alternate, lance-shaped to oval, 3-10 in. long (reduced upward), with parallel veins and a central crease (keeled), smooth. | Flowers 30-60 in a dense, cylindric terminal raceme; purple; 3/4-1 in. long; bilaterally symmetric; consisting of 2 petals and a sepal forming a flattish hood, 2 wing-like lateral sepals, a 3-lobed lip-petal (each lobe fan-like and prominently fringed) and a long, club-shaped spur. | Fruit an ellipsoid capsule. |
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