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Spiranthes lucida (Shining Ladies' Tresses) 

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Platanthera dilatata (White Northern Bog Orchid)

medical illustration of orchid, native plant, New England, botanical, habit, flower, field guide, trail guide This painting of a tiny orchid native to North America and rare in New England is rendered in gouache on Alphamat in the traditional composite style of botanical illustrations showing a small version of the plant in its habit (how it grows) and a close up of the flower parts. Suitable for a field guide on orchids or for trail guides showing native plants, it will be used in a notecard series.
Next medical illustration of Bottle Gentian, perennial, leafy herb, trumpet-shaped flower, Gentianaceae family, roadside ditches, Gentiana clausa This illustration of Gentiana clausa, (Closed Gentian or Bottle Gentian), shows the deep blue flowering plant in all its glory. Blooming in the Northeast in early September, it prefers slightly dampish areas like roadside ditches. The illustration was completed in transparent watercolor on Arches paper.

Gentiana clausa

orchid, native plant, New England, botanical, habit, flower, field guide, trail guide This painting of a tiny orchid native to North America and rare in New England is rendered in gouache on Alphamat in the traditional composite style of botanical illustrations showing a small version of the plant in its habit (how it grows) and a close up of the flower parts. Suitable for a field guide on orchids or for trail guides showing native plants, it will be used in a notecard series.

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