orchid

This is the plant we talked about on Saturday.

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Doug,

This appears to be Coeloglossum viride The long-bracted green orchis.

Summers doesn't list this orchid in Missouri, but it is known from Iowa and Northern Illinois, so this may be a new State orchid. The picture probably is post bloom. After blooming the flower structures stay on the plant for a long time making the plant appear to be in bloom long after it is finished blooming.

Lance