Crested Yellow Orchid Platanthera cristata (Michaux) LindleyS3 (Watch list)  -  Vulnerable    Synonyms: Blephariglotis cristata, Habenaria crsitata.
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Orchidales   >   Family Orchidaceae   >   Genus Platanthera   

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Platanthera xcanbyi is a rare hybrid that occurs between White-fringed Orchid and Crested Yellow Orchid. Platanthera xcanbyi resembles both parents in structure, but has soft cream colored flowers.

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A Crested Yellow Orchid blooming in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/21/2013). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Crested Yellow Orchid in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/11/2016). Photo by Jared Satchell. (MBP list)

Crested Yellow Orchid in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/22/2018). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Crested Yellow Orchid in Worcester Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) dansmall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Dan Small. (MBP list)

A Crested Yellow Orchid blooming in Wicomico Co., Maryland (8/9/2005). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

A Crested Yellow Orchid in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/21/2013). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Crested Yellow Orchid in Worcester Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Crested Yellow Orchid in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/19/2014). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Crested Yellow Orchid in Worcester Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Crested Yellow Orchid in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/21/1982). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

A Crested Yellow Orchid in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/7/2010). Photo by Patty Craig. (MBP list)

Platanthera x canbyi, a hybrid between Platanthrea blephariglottis and Platanthera cristata in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/30/2018). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Crested Yellow Orchid in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/21/2012). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)


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