| 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: