Native Wisconsin Orchid Gallery
Arethusa bulbosa
(ar-e-THEW-sa Bull-BOW-sa)
Common name: dragon's mouth, swamp pink
State status: Special Concern
Blooms: Late May through July
Photo by C. Rudy
Calopogon tuberosus
(cal-o-PO-gon tu-ber-O-sus)
Common name: grass pink
State status: common
Blooms: June through July
Photo by Jim Fowler
Corallorhiza striata
(cor-a-lo-RYE-sa stry-ATE-a)
Striped coral-root
Comments: Typically found in northern white-cedar swamps.
photo by C.Rudy
Cypripedium acaule
(sip-re-PEE-dee-um a-CALL-e)
Common name:Pink lady’s-slipper, moccasin flower
Blooms: May through July
Cypripedium arietinum
(sip-re-PEE-dee-um ar-ee-TIE-num
Common name:Ram’s-head lady’s-slipper Blooms: May through June State status: Threatened
Photo by Ross Wolfe
Cypripedium parviflorum
(sip-re-PEE-dee-um par-vi-FLOR-um)
Common name: yellow lady's-slipper
Blooms: May to July
State status: Special concern
photo by D. Malueg
Cypripedium reginae
(sip-re-PEE-dee-um re-GEEN-ay)
Common name: Showy lady’s-slipper
Comment: Some people develop a reaction similar to poison ivy from touching the leaves.
Photos by J. Younger
Galearis spectabiliss
(gal-ee-AR-iss spect-TA-bi-liss)
Common name: Showy orchis
Blooms: May through June
Photo: Charles T. Bryson
Goodyera pubescens
(good-YER-a pue-BESS-inns)
Common name: Downy rattlesnake-plantain
Blooms: July through August
Photographer: James R. Sime
Platanthera leucophaea
(pla-TAN-ther-a lew-co-FEE-a)
Common name:Eastern prairie fringed orchid
State status: Endangered
photo by Carroll Rudy
Platanthera psycodes
(pla-TAN-ther-a sye-CO-deez)
Common name: small purple fringe orchid
Blooms: July through September
Pogonia ophioglossoides
(po-GO-nee-a off-e-o-gloss-OY-deez)
Common name: Rose pogonia, snakes mouth
Blooms: June through August
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