Wildflowers Found in Oregon

White Bog-Orchid (Bog Candle)

Platanthera dilatata - Locally common, midsummer, perennial, 12-45 in. Stems stout, erect. Basal and stem leaves lance-shaped. Gradually smaller upward. Inflorescence consists of waxy leaves on stem. Flowers loosely spaced to crowded with leaves on stem. Flowers spicy-fragrant to 1 in. across, lower petal very slender at tip and abruptly expanded near base, Spur on back of flower can be longer or shorter than lower petal and straight to slightly curved. Grows in bogs, fens, spongy places, see pages in high mountains. Called Bog Candle because it is so noticeably sturdy and white.