Can anyone identify this wild orchid?

[JKeys]

I was in Cape Cod this past weekend to see family. Walking past my great Aunt Mary's house, I caught this little guy out of the corner of my eye.



I stopped by to take a look, and I'm almost certain it's an orchid. Can anyone identify it though?







Thanks all!

[RosieC]

Pretty sure it's an orchid. It reminds me of ones RolandHanko has shown in the past, but I don't really know what it is.

[Discus]

If you're up for it, you can see if you can find it in this scanned version of a book:

Our native orchids; - Biodiversity Heritage Library

Sure someone has seen one and knows what it is though!

[ronaldhanko]

Epipactis helleborine, not really a native but a European species that has established itself all across the northern USA and southern Canada. A very nice pale form of the species, though. We saw it just a week or two ago in western Michigan.

Native Orchids of the Pacific Northwest and the Canadian Rockies: Broad-leaved Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine)

[euplusia]

Hey Boy, you go around with open eyes.
Here in Germany Epipactis are very common in the forests, and along the roads. The flowering season is August. I even had it in my garden (for the joy of the plant-louses).