Orchid Society of Minnesota
Native Minnesota Orchids
Amerorchis
rotundifolia (Banks) Hulten (small round-leaved orchis)
Aplectrum hyemale
(Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) Torrey (putty root)
Arethusa bulbosa
(Linnaeus) (dragon’s mouth)
Calopogon
tuberosus (Linnaeus) Britt. var. tuberosus (grass-pink)
Calypso bulbosa
(Linnaeus) Oakes var. americana (R. Brown) Luer (fairy
slippers)
Coeloglossum viride
(Linnaeus) Hartman var. virescens (Muhlenberg) Luer (long bracted orchid)
Corallorhiza
maculata (Rafinesque) Rafinesque var. maculata (spotted coral root)
Corallorhiza
maculata (Rafinesque) Rafinesque var. occidentalis (Lindley) Ames
Corallorhiza
odontorhiza (Willdenow) Nuttall var. odontorhiza (autumn
coral root)
Corallorhiza
striata (Lindley) var. striata (striped coral root)
Corallorhiza
trifida (Chatelain) (early coral root)
Cypripedium
acaule (Aiton) (stemless lady’s slipper)
Cypripedium
arietinum (R. Brown in Aiton) (ram’s head lady’s slipper)
Cypripedium
calceolus var. parviflorum (small yellow lady’s slipper)
Cypripedium
calceolus var. pubescens (large yellow lady’s slipper)
Cypripedium
candidum (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) (small white lady’s slipper)
Cypripedium
parviflorum Salisb. var. makasin (Farwell) Sheviak
Cypripedium
parviflorum Salisb. var. pubescens (Willdenow) Knight
Cypripedium
reginae (Walter) (showy lady’s slipper)
Galearis
spectabilis (Linnaeus) Rafinesque (showy orchis)
Goodyera
pubescens (Willdenow) R. Brown (downy rattlesnake plantain)
Goodyera repens var.
ophioides (Linnaeus) R. Brown (lesser rattlesnake plantain)
Goodyera
tesselata (Loddiges) (tessellated rattlesnake plantain)
Liparis lilifolia
(Linnaeus) Richard (lily leaved twayblade)
Liparis loeselii
(Linnaeus) Richard (Loesel’s twayblade)
Listera
auriculata (Wiegand) (auricled twayblade)
Listera
convallarioides (Swartz) Nuttall (broad-leaved twayblade)
Listera cordata
(Linnaeus) R. Brown var. cordata (heart-leaved twayblade)
Malaxis
brachypoda (Gray) Fernald
Malaxis
monophyllos var. brachypoda (white adder’s mouth)
Malaxis paludosa (Linnaeus)
Swartz (bog adder’s mouth)
Malaxis unifolia
(Michaux) (green adder’s mouth)
Platanthera
clavellata (Michaux) Luer var. ophioglossoides (Fernald) P. M. Brown (small
green wood orchid)
Platanthera
dilatata (Pursh) Lindley var. dilatata (tall white bog orchid)
Platanthera flava
(Linnaeus) Lindley var. herbiola (R. Brown) Luer (tubercled
rein orchid)
Platanthera
grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindley
Platanthera
hookeri (Torrey) Lindley (Hooker’s orchid)
Platanthera
huronensis (Linnaeus) Lindley
Platanthera
hyperborea (Linnaeus) Lindley var. hyperborea (northern bog orchid)
Platanthera
lacera (Michaux) G. Don (ragged fringed orchid)
Platanthera
leucophaea (Nuttall) Lindley
Platanthera
obtusata (Banks & Pursh) Lindley (small northern bog orchid)
Platanthera
orbiculata (Pursh) Lindley (large round leaved orchid)
Platanthera
praeclara Sheviak & Bowles (western prairie fringed orchid)
Platanthera
psycodes (Linnaeus) Lindley (small purple fringed orchid)
Pogonia
ophioglossoides (Linnaeus) Ker-Gawler var. ophioglossoides (rose
pogonia)
Spiranthes cernua
(Linnaeus) L.C. Richard (nodding ladies tresses)
Spiranthes lacera
(Rafinesque) var. lacera (northern slender ladies tresses)
Spiranthes
magnicamporum (Sheviak) (Great Plains ladies tresses)
Spiranthes romanzoffiana (Chamisso) (hooded ladies tresses)
Native orchid pictures (University of Wisconsin)