Yellow fringed orchid
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Item information
- Title:
- Yellow fringed orchid
- Description:
- The yellow-fringed orchids (left) would be a good "state flower" since it is one of the few attractive herbs distributed in all parts of North Carolina. The wide flaring sepals of the large snake-mouth orchid (right) are distinctive. From Natural Gardens (page 309): "Perennials, 1-3 ft. high, with flowers in showy racemes. Lip with spur at base, petals usually toothed or fringed; leaves varying in different species. Uplands, bogs and marshes. Summer."; From Natural Gardens (page 309): "KEY TO SPECIES: Lip 1/2 in. long or longer. Lip simple, not 3 parted."
- Topics:
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Botany
- Subjects:
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Flowers
Orchids
Platanthera
Yellow-fringed orchid (Platanthera ciliaris)
- Original Format:
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Hand colored lantern slide
- Extent:
- 3.25 x 4 in.
- Item identifier:
- 0021028
- Photographer:
- Wells, B. W. (Bertram Whittier), 1884-1978 more info on Wells, B. W. (Bertram Whittier), 1884-1978
- Created Date:
- circa to
- Genre:
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Close-up views
- Location:
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Big Savannah (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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B. W. Wells
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- B.W. Wells lantern slides (UA023.039) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).