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Piperia
Also called Bog Orchid, Fringed Orchid, Butterfly Orchids, Bog Orchids, Fringed And Butterfly Orchids, Rein Orchids
Piperia, or rein orchids, are a former genus of terrestrial wild orchids now merged into Platanthera. They are native to western North America and grow from buried tubers, with the native species being mainly wild rather than commonly grown as garden plants.
Piperia is a former genus within the orchid family Orchidaceae that has since been subsumed under Platanthera.
These plants are known as rein orchids. They are native to western North America, especially California and the Pacific Northwest. This former genus has the following characteristics: (a) a bisexual perennial nongreen plant that grows from buried tubers; fruit capsule bearing numerous minute seeds; (c) pollen that is sticky, and which is removed as sessile anther sacs; and (d) stigma fused with its style into a column. There were a total of ten species in the genus Piperia, which is named for American botanist Charles V. Piper. The genus members manifest generally cylindrical spikes or racemes.
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