Top native fringed and butterfly orchids
46 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid
Platanthera psycodes
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
10
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White-fringed Orchid
Platanthera blephariglottis
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
24
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Orange Crested Orchid
Platanthera cristata
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
1
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White Bog Orchid
Platanthera dilatata
food
2
flowers
38
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Green Bog Orchid
Platanthera huronensis
food
2
flowers
3
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Sparse-flowered Bog Orchid
Platanthera sparsiflora
food
2
flowers
1
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Slender Bog Orchid
Platanthera stricta
food
2
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Elegant Rein Orchid
Platanthera elegans
food
2
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Alaska Rein Orchid
Platanthera unalascensis
food
2
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Denseflower Rein Orchid
Platanthera elongata
food
2
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Round-leaved Bog Orchid
Platanthera orbiculata
food
2
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North Wind Bog Orchid
Platanthera aquilonis
food
2
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Blunt-leaved Rein Orchid
Platanthera obtusata
food
2
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Purple-petal Bog Orchid
Platanthera purpurascens
food
2
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Great Basin Bog Orchid
Platanthera tescamnis
food
2
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Whiteflower Rein Orchid
Platanthera ephemerantha
food
2
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Orange-fringed Orchid
Platanthera ciliaris
food
1
flowers
10
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Greater Purple Fringed Orchid
Platanthera grandiflora
food
1
flowers
5
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Chapman's Fringed Orchid
Platanthera chapmanii
food
1
flowers
3
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Yellow Fringeless Orchid
Platanthera integra
food
1
flowers
1
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Small Green Wood Orchid
Platanthera clavellata
food
1
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Ragged Fringed Orchid
Platanthera lacera
food
1
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Flat Spurred Piperia
Platanthera transversa
food
1
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Pale Green Orchid
Platanthera flava
food
1
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Purple Fringeless Orchid
Platanthera peramoena
food
1
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Snowy Orchid
Platanthera nivea
food
1
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Hooker's Orchid
Platanthera hookeri
food
1
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Western Prairie White Fringed Orchid
Platanthera praeclara
food
1
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Large-leaved Bog Orchid
Platanthera macrophylla
food
1
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Short Flowered Bog Orchid
Platanthera brevifolia
food
1
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Thurber's Bog Orchid
Platanthera limosa
food
1
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Shriver's Frilly Orchid
Platanthera shriveri
food
1
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Pale Fringed Orchid
Platanthera pallida
food
1
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Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid
Platanthera leucophaea
flowers
18
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White Fringeless Orchid
Platanthera integrilabia
flowers
2
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Michael's Rein Orchid
Platanthera michaelii
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Cooper's Rein Orchid
Platanthera cooperi
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Yadon's Rein Orchid
Platanthera yadonii
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Narrow-petaled Rein-orchid
Platanthera leptopetala
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Choriso Bog Orchid
Platanthera chorisiana
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Lily-leaved Rein Orchid
Platanthera convallariifolia
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Coleman's Rein Orchid
Platanthera colemanii
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Alcove Bog Orchid
Platanthera zothecina
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Yosemite Bog Orchid
Platanthera yosemitensis
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Aleutian Bog Orchid
Platanthera tipuloides
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Leafy Northern Green Orchid
Platanthera hyperborea