​Platanthera peramoena [Purple Fringless Orchid]

Known pollinators of Purple Fringeless Orchid [Platanthera peramoena]. Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly [Papilio troilus] and Hummingbird Clearwing Moth [Hemaris thysbe]. Also pictured pollinia stuck on the stigma and unknown pollinator hairs stuck in the stigmatic fluid.

Purple Fringeless Orchid [Platanthera peramoena]. Central, Pa. 8-2-22

Purple Fringeless Orchid [Platanthera peramoena]. Central, Pa. 8-2-22

Purple Fringeless Orchid [Platanthera peramoena]. Central, Pa. 8-2-22

Purple Fringeless Orchid [Platanthera peramoena]. Pa. 8-13-20

Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly [Papilio troilus] on Purple Fringeless Orchid [Platanthera peramoena]. Pa. 8-13-20

Purple Fringeless Orchid [Platanthera peramoena]. Pa. 8-13-20

Purple Fringeless Orchid [Platanthera peramoena]. Pa. 8-13-20

Purple Fringeless Orchid [Platanthera peramoena]. Pa. 8-13-20