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bog_orchid

bog orchid

See also: bog-orchid

English

Habenaria longicauda
Hammarbya paludosa
Platanthera huronensis

Noun

bog orchid (plural bog orchids)

  1. Any of several small orchids of the genus Habenaria that grow in peaty wet ground.
  2. A small orchid, Hammarbya paludosa that grows in bogs in temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
  3. Any of several small orchids of the genus Platanthera that grow in wet ground in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

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