Hooker’s Orchid

Platanthera hookeri, in the Orchid family, appears June into July, in dry to moist soils, preferring the shade to part shade of woodland forests, mostly in northern half of Minnesota.

preferring wet, acidic soil of upland pine forests and coniferous swamps

The two, relatively noticeable (up to 5″ long and 4″ wide) basal leaves are widely oblong, and lay flat on the ground opposite each other. The flowers are