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Friday Fabulous Flower - An itty bitty orchid
Sorry, while traveling TPP didn't have time to post. Our gardens have a bit of a wildish quality about them, and one clue that the gardens are doing well is when plants propagate themselves especially if very desirable. Last fall TPP spotted a spike with a number of fruits on it clearly growing on the wild side of things. It looked a bit like an orchid, and when it sprouted this spring it was pretty well confirmed, and for safety it was caged particularly after stoopid raccoons demolished the grass pink orchid that the F1 purchased for Father's day. At any rate it is hard to know where this particular plant came from, but since orchids have tiny seeds (sometimes called dust seed) they can disperse long distances. Well, it finally decided to flower about mid-Sept., but TPP has never recorded this species locally, but like many small things, it is hard to know if rare or just mostly not noticed very often. This is an easy genus to identify because the small white flowers spiral around the spike and the genus is aptly named Spiranthes, perhaps S. cernua, the nodding ladies tresses. The flowers individually are pretty small at about 4-5 mm long. This is a variable species, so if you have a better idea please let us know. There are two flowering stalks in this image that stand nearly a foot tall. There are a few grassy leaves at the base. You can understand why this plant is easy to miss. But when plants like this show up on their own, you are doing something right.
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2 comments:
Looks like a recent segregation from Spiranthes cerna: the later flowering Spiranthes incurva.
I know that cernua is sort of a taxonomic mess. Thanks for your imput.
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