Orchidaceae

(or-kid-DAY-see-ee)
– a family in the Asparagales order –

Here in the St. Louis Area, we have 15 not-too-obscure plants that are in the Orchid Family:

• Aplectrum hyemale  (“Putty Root” or “Adam and Eve Orchid”) [CC8]

• Corallorhiza odontorhiza  (Autumn Coralroot) [CC6]
• Corallorhiza wisteriana  (Spring Coralroot) [CC7]

• Cypripedium pubescens  (Large Yellow Lady’s Slipper) [CC8]
• Galearis spectabilis  (Showy Orchid) [CC7]
• Hexalectris spicata  (Crested Coralroot) [CC8]
• Liparis liliifolia  (Lily-Leaved Twayblade) [CC7]
• Platanthera flava  (Tubercled or Palegreen Orchid) [CC10]

• Spiranthes cernua  (Nodding Lady’s Tresses) [CC5]
• Spiranthes lacera  (Slender Lady’s Tresses) [CC6]
• Spiranthes lucida  (Shining Lady’s Tresses) [CC10]
• Spiranthes magnicamporum  (Great Plains Lady’s Tresses) [CC7]
• Spiranthes ovalis  (October Lady’s Tresses) [CC8]
• Spiranthes tuberosa  (Little Lady’s Tresses) [CC6]

• Triphora trianthophoros  (Three Birds Orchid) [CC9]

[CC] = Coefficient of Conservatism