This winter we’re categorizing plants in our database by family. This week’s post is plants in the Orchidaceae (Orchid) family, one of the largest flowering plant families.  

Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Richard Holzman,  Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, Randy Richardson, & Joe Standaert. Botanical plant names seem to change almost every day, but for now we use those approved by ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.