Platanthera grandiflora

Greater purple fringed orchid
Flower of Platanthera grandiflora
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Platanthera
Species:	P. grandiflora
Binomial name
Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl.
Synonyms
Orchis grandiflora Bigelow (basionym) Orchis fimbriata Dryand. Habenaria fimbriata (Dryand.) R.Br. Habenaria grandiflora (Bigelow) Torr. ex L.C.Beck Platanthera fimbriata (Dryand.) Lindl. Habenaria fimbriata f. albiflora E.L.Rand & Redfield Blephariglottis grandiflora (Bigelow) Rydb. Fimbriella psycodes var. grandiflora (Bigelow) Butzin Habenaria fimbriata f. mentotonsa Fernald Platanthera grandiflora f. albiflora (E.L.Rand & Redfield) Catling Platanthera grandiflora f. mentotonsa (Fernald) P.M.Br. Platanthera grandiflora f. bicolor P.M.Br. Platanthera grandiflora f. carnea P.M.Br.

Platanthera grandiflora, the greater purple fringed orchid, is a species of orchid, genus Platanthera, occurring from Ontario to Newfoundland, south along the Appalachian Mountains to northeastern Georgia, with an isolated population in Illinois. It is imperiled in Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina and presumed extirpated in Ohio.