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Chimissso's orchid

Platanthera chorisiana

Also called Choris' bog-orchid, Chamisso's Orchid, Chamisso's Rein Orchid, Small Bog Orchid, Alpine Platanthera, Choriso Bog Orchid

Chimissso's orchid
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Native range
Russian Far East to Japan and NW. Washington
Climate
temperate

About

Platanthera chorisiana, Chamisso's orchid or Choris' bog orchid, is a terrestrial orchid native to the United States, Canada, Russia and Japan.

Where it grows

In the United States Platanthera chorisiana is found in Washington (state) and Alaska, in Canada in British Columbia. Worldwide distribution is around the northern pacific coast, extending west along the Aleutian Islands to Kamchatka in Russia and to northern Japan.

Other Platanthera plants

Platanthera unalascensis · Rein orchid · Green Platanthera · Northern green orchid · Hochstetter's Butterfly Orchid · Platanthera bakeriana · Platanthera bhutanica · Lesser butterfly-orchid · White fringed orchid · Shortflowered bog orchid · Platanthera calceoliformis · Platanthera carnosilabris

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Platanthera chorisiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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