White Bog-Orchid (Platanthera dilatata)

Family: Orchidaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Platanthera dilatata is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.5 m (1ft 8in). It is in flower from May to August. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers wet soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

taste like frozen potatoes. — They taste like frozen potatoes.

Habitat & North American Range

Wet soils of swamps, bogs, banks of springs and streams. Wet meadows, tundra, marshes, fens, stream banks, shores, ditches, seeping slopes, roadsides from sea level to 3100 metres. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)