Piperia elegans ssp. elegans
Piperia elegans ssp. elegans, coast piperia. This Piperia has flowers that are white with dark green midvein, with a spur > 6 mm. They have a heavy, musky fragrance, but you have to brave the poison oak to sniff the flowers. Most of the Piperia orchids I've seen and photographed at Coe are Piperia elongata; their flowers are green to yellow green, also with a spur > 6 mm. I found one Pipera unalascensis; their flowers are green, and the spur < 6 mm.
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