| ghost orchid | |
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| Epipogium aphyllum flowers | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Epipogieae |
| Subtribe: | Epipogiinae |
| Genus: |
Epipogium J. G. Gmel. ex Borkh. |
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Epipogium is a genus of terrestrial achlorophyllous myco-heterotrophic orchids. The genus is sympodial with no root. Leaves are scale-like. Flowers are non-resupinate, arranged in terminal racemes. Stigmas are 2-lobed and the rostellum is ventrally situated and not prominent.
Three species are currently recognized as of June 2014: