| Species
Name: Spiranthes lanceolata |
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Flower
Colour and Size: |
Pale orange flowers covered with fine hairs. Flowers do not open fully to display the lip. 10 to 15 flowers bunched at the top of a 30 to 40 cm. inflorescence opening sequentially. Each flower approximately 1.5 cm. in length. |
Flowering
Period: |
May to June. Flower spikes emerge from the ground after all the leaves have died down. | |
General
Description: |
Terrestrial, a rosette of leaves forms above small tubers. Botanical description see Dunsterville G. C. K. and Garay Leslie A. Vol. 3 pg. 294. | |
Habitat: |
Grows on the ground along road verges in the northern range of Trinidad. Plant becomes dormant during the dry season and flowers immediately before the start of the rainy season. | |
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