DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY 



Editor \ Louise H. Coburn, 



I Skowhegan 



THE ORCHIDS OF NORTHERN MAINE 



Part II 

 By Olof O. Nylander 



Coeloglossum hracteatum, Willd. 



Generally distributed in the hardwood forest in New 

 Sweden, Woodland, Caribou and Perham. Plants generally 

 about a foot tall, but under favorable condition will reach 

 18 to 20 inches in height, with a spike of green flowers five 

 to six inches. In flower from May 20 to August. 



TALL LEAFY GREEN ORCHID 



Limnorchis hyperhorea, Linne 



Habitat low wet ground and open forest. This orchid is 

 well distributed in Quebec, New Brunswick and Northern 

 Maine. Flowers in May, June and July. Stem with four to 

 six lanceolate leaves. Plant generally about a foot tall, but 

 in the open bogs will attain a height of 30 to 35 inches with 

 a spike of greenish white flowers often eight or nine inches 

 long. 



Limnorchis hyperborea, Linne, var. 



A variety of this plant, with dark green flowers, is rarely 

 seen in the hardwood forest of New Sweden, Woodland and 

 Perham. Flowers in August and September, 



WHITE BOG ORCHID 



Limnorchis dilatata, Pursh 



This, the tallest of our orchids, grows in wet and open 

 bogs in Caribou, Woodland, Perham, Westmanland, New 

 Sweden and Stockholm. Stem with four to six long, 

 slender, lanceolate leaves, and a dense spike of small, white 

 sweet-scented flowers. June, July, August and September. 

 I have often seen this plant attain 40 inches in height and a 

 spike of flowers from 10 to 15 inches. 



Gymnadeniopsis clavellata, Michx. 



I have only found this plant around Little Mud Lake, 

 Westmanland. Stem 10 to 15 inches in height with one 

 large obtuse leaf, four to five inches long and one to two 



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