.....i be still imagining you on your knees, intensely contemplating one of these sweet Orchids.......... I mean... how many folks on this planet would do this? Gives me hope for our race................
Thanks for posting this! I have seen this plant only two times - once when I was in 5th grade and found it in an overgrown meadow near my house, and once on this trail at your place.
Very neat that you have these on a path near you! I found Hooded Ladies Tresses (Spiranthes romanzoffiana) many years a go on an area fen...back in the days well before digital film. I did take some slide images (either ektachrome or kodachrome - don't remember which) and sent them to the state. For some time state botanists thought this was the only population in the entire state...years later that changed to a small "handful" of sites. These little orchids are a neat find!
How interesting. Thanks for the microscopic photos of the seeds! From your experience, what other plants grow in the area surrounding this orchid that may give a hint to “look here, look here”? What type of woods, wetness level, next to a path or deep in? So many questions!
That's so beautiful! I am excited to see that one appears to be native in York County, PA, where I live. I will be on the lookout for it. Thanks!
Diane, through your eyes the invisible becomes visible. Thank you!
.....i be still imagining you on your knees, intensely contemplating one of these sweet Orchids.......... I mean... how many folks on this planet would do this? Gives me hope for our race................
I see where we also have Hooded Ladies Tresses which I have not seen.
They are just called Ladies Tresses.
How interesting. We have a kind of Ladies Tresses Orchid in MT but not this kind. Maybe sometime I will find this one in IA.
Thanks for posting this! I have seen this plant only two times - once when I was in 5th grade and found it in an overgrown meadow near my house, and once on this trail at your place.
Very neat that you have these on a path near you! I found Hooded Ladies Tresses (Spiranthes romanzoffiana) many years a go on an area fen...back in the days well before digital film. I did take some slide images (either ektachrome or kodachrome - don't remember which) and sent them to the state. For some time state botanists thought this was the only population in the entire state...years later that changed to a small "handful" of sites. These little orchids are a neat find!
How interesting. Thanks for the microscopic photos of the seeds! From your experience, what other plants grow in the area surrounding this orchid that may give a hint to “look here, look here”? What type of woods, wetness level, next to a path or deep in? So many questions!