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

Blooms: June through July

State status: common

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

State status: common

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

Blooms: June through July

State status: Special concern

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

State status: common

Photo: Charles T. Bryson

Goodyera pubescens

(good-YER-a pue-BESS-inns)

Common name: Downy rattlesnake-plantain

Blooms: July through August

State status: common

Photographer: James R. Sime

Platanthera leucophaea

(pla-TAN-ther-a lew-co-FEE-a)

Common name:Eastern prairie fringed orchid

Blooms: July through August

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

State status: common

Pogonia ophioglossoides

(po-GO-nee-a off-e-o-gloss-OY-deez)

Common name: Rose pogonia, snakes mouth

Blooms: June through August

State status: common