Rein Orchid

Platanthera spp, Rein Orchids
clavellata, Small Green Wood Orchid (SSC)
dilatata, Tall White Bog Orchid
hookeri, Hooker's Rein Orchid
hyperborea, Tall Northern Bog Orchid
lacera, Ragged Fringed Orchid
obtusata, Blunt Leaf Orchid ...

Southern Rein Orchid [English]: Platanthera flava var. flava
Southern Rein-Orchid [English]: Platanthera flava
Southern Rein-Orchid [English]: Tulotis flava
Southern Rein-Orchid [English]: Gymnadenia flava ...

Pale Green Orchid (Tubercled Orchid, Southern Rein Orchid)
Platanthera flava (Habenaria flava)
Pale green orchid is rare in Connecticut; it is listed as a species of special concern.

Edible Uses:
The root of white rein orchid is edible cooked. It is said to taste like frozen potatoes. However, the leaves are considered poisonous.

Among the other cultivated orchids are several of the terrestrial rein orchids (genus Habenaria) and many epiphytic tropical genera, e.g.

See also: Orchid, Green