PLATANTHERARich. - BOG ORCHID
Scientific Description:
Tubers undivided, fusiform, tapering. Stem with 2(−3) large leaves at base. Spike cylindrical, usually lax, with white or pale green flowers. Lateral sepals spreading, dorsal erect, broader, convergent with petals to form a loose hood, bent over the column. Labellum entire, strap-shaped or ligulate, with a long slender spur. Column small; anther cells parallel or diverging downwards; pollinia with caudicles attached to naked viscid discs; pouch (bursicula) absent. Ovary cylindrical-fusiform, curved towards apex, sessile, to 15(−20) mm, twisted, glabrous.
Reference:
Renz J & Taubenheim G (1984). Platanthera L. C. M. Richard, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 8: 473.
Public Description:
Platanthera, known as “bog orchid”, is distributed in the temperate zones of North America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa; a few species can be found in tropical habitats. There are approximately 152 species in the world and 4 species (4 taxa) in Türkiye. It is a perennial herb which has orange, purple, white, green, or yellow in color flower. They grow in a wide variety of habitats, from forests woodlands to open clearings to wetland habitats like marshes.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2017). http://goorchids.northamericanorchidcenter.org/genus/platanthera//, Accessed date: 09.07.2017.
Anonymous 2 (2017). http://www.bizimbitkiler.org.tr/v2/turkce.php/, Accessed date: 09.07.2017.
Anonymous 3 (2017). http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Orchidaceae/Platanthera///, Accessed date: 09.07.2017..
Güler N (2012). Platanthera Rich., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 650.
