Platanthera leucostachys (Sierra Rein Orchid, White-Flowered Bog Orchid)

 

 7/4/16 Seep off Rock Creek Road, Inyo National Forest,

Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

  

7/4/16 Seep off Rock Creek Road, Inyo National Forest,

Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

 7/5/02 Mono Lake County Park, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

  

7/6/02 Onion Valley at 9,200' elevation, Independence Region, 

Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

 7/4/05 Blue Lake, Warner Mountain Ranger District,
Modoc National Forest, Lassen County, CA

7/4/05 Blue Lake

 7/8/16 Mill Creek, Lundy Canyon Trail, Inyo National Forest,
Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA


 8/15/11 Onion Valley

 7/10/07 Roadside seep off Rock Creek Road, between Rock Creek Resort and Pine Camp,
Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

7/12/09 Yellow Pine Nature Trail, Idyllwild County Park, San Jacinto Mountains,
Riverside County, CA

7/8/00 Onion Valley Road, Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Sierra Rein Orchid, White-Flowered Bog Orchid

SPECIES: Platanthera leucostachys

FAMILY: Orchidaceae (Orchid Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/8/2000

LOCATION: Two observed on right side of Onion Valley Road approaching campground/trailheads in boggy, moist soil, Independence Region, Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

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Treatment from the Jepson Manual (1993):

Plant 15–100 cm

Leaves: cauline 5–25 cm, 9–30 mm wide

Inflorescence 5–35 cm, generally dense; lower bracts 9–25 mm

Flower: perianth white to cream; sepals 4–8 mm; lip 5–10 mm, abruptly wider below middle, pendent; spur 5–15 mm, 1–2 X lip in CA, generally cylindric, ± curved; column generally < 1/2 upper sepal

Ecology: Wet, generally open places, meadows

Elevation: < 3400 m.  

Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province (except Great Central Valley), Great Basin Floristic Province, n Desert Mountains (Panamint Mtns) 

Distribution outside California: to Alaska, Montana, Utah

Flowering time: May–Sep

Horticultural information: IRR, DRN: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17; DFCLT.