Platanthera huronensis [pollination & insect interaction]

Green Bog Orchid [Platanthera huronensis]. New York. 6-13-25. These flowers are self pollinating as the anther sac rotate forward and downward pushing the pollinia out of the anther sac. You can see the pollinia is missing from the right anther sac and has been deposited on the stigma and pollination has been completed.

A Spider has made a web to hunt on Platanthera huronensis and catch visiting pollinators. New York. 6-13-25.

Mosquito on Platanthera huronensis. New York. 6-13-25.

Green Bog Orchid [Platanthera huronensis]. New York. 6-13-25. Notice that many grains of pollinium have now been deposited in the area of the stigma and pollination has been completed.

Green Bog Orchid [Platanthera huronensis]. New York. 6-13-25. Notice the pollinia has been removed from the anther sac by an unknown insect and you can see the tiny grains of pollen, these tiny grains are held together by sticky viscous threads.

Many Spotted Scoparia Moth on Platanthera huronensis. Coos County, N.H. 7-9-22

Unknown insect feeding on pollen of Platanthera huronensis. Coos County, N.H. 7-9-22

Many Spotted Scoparia Moth on Platanthera huronensis. Coos County, N.H. 7-9-22

Platanthera huronensis with unknown snail. Coos County, N.H. 7-10-22