These pictures are from the a hike in the Beaver Swamp WMA.  We managed to find three different species and one hybrid of Platanthera in bloom.  While I've seen P. blephariglottis and P. cristata before, this is the first time I've seen P. ciliaris and P. ×bicolor, which marks the 22nd and 23rd orchids I've found in New Jersey.

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Orange Crested Orchis Pink Wild Bean Variegated Fritillary Bicolor Hybrid Fringed Orchis
Bicolor Hybrid Fringed Orchis Orange Fringed Orchis Bicolor Hybrid Fringed Orchis Northern White Fringed Orchis
Northern White Fringed Orchis Orange Fringed Orchis Orange Fringed Orchis Bicolor Hybrid Fringed Orchis
Northern White Fringed Orchis Black-Eyed Susan Butterfly Milkweed

 
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