WANOSCG Orchid Fact Sheet

Spiranthes

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Spiranthes

Spiranthes distribution

Name and Authority

Spiranthes Rich.

Synonyms (previous names)

Neottia sect. Spiranthes; Monustes

Common Name

Spiral Orchids

Originally Described by

Louis Richard in De Orchid.Eur. 20, 28, 36 (1817)

Flowering Months

· · · · · · Jul · · · · ·

Description

Spiranthes species have three to 10 narrow leaves in a loose basal rosette and up to eight white, yellow or pink spirally arranged flowers with an overlapping dorsal sepal and petals, spreading sepals, a narrow column and a broad, frilly margined labellum.

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