Lesser butterfly orchid (Platanthera bifolia) - Wild Orchids - 1
Lesser butterfly orchid (Platanthera bifolia) usually found on slightly acid soils in contrast to P. Chlorantha. The feature that seoarates these two Platanther species is the pollinia...in P bifolia they are cloe togther and parallel. Mt Moricone. Sibillini, Umbria, Italy


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