Spiranthes sinensis

[cnycharles]

This is a beautiful flower that grows in a spiral up the flower spike. These are even fragrant!
Tom sent some of this to Eric, who sent this to me after vernalizing it this winter. It started putting up spikes a few weeks ago
There are many spiranthes in North America but very few have any color and none are purple! This one comes from the western pacific rim

These were taken with my new phone; I'll take a few close ups with my canon later


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[youngslipper]

Lovely! Got my first Spiranthes yesterday!

 

[Ozpaph]

very pretty

 

[RNCollins]

Very nice Charles!

 

[Linus_Cello]

Is there a US vendor for these?

 

[cnycharles]

This winter I had seen a vendor out west in California or nearby that had potted plants for sale. I was thinking about getting some but I bought a bunch of phrags first
One of the Taiwanese vendors who sells frequently at larger US shows has them on their import list, but a website picture of them looked mostly white; there's tons of mostly white spiranthes here to see so I had no interest (but someone might want to check it out)


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[NYEric]

Ten Shin, but like Charles said..

 

[SlipperFan]

Sweet. I like that.

 

[Paphluvr]

Wow, I've never seen a Spiranthes species that wasn't white. Very nice!

 

[Clark]

A gem.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Funny that growers here spend a lot of money on the alba flowered form… :rollhappy:

 

[Erythrone]

Do you plan to put it in the fridge next winter?

 

[NYEric]

Funny that growers here spend a lot of money on the alba flowered form… :rollhappy:

THat is funny!

Do you plan to put it in the fridge next winter?

No, that would be too cold. I kept them next to the slightly open window all winter.

 

[cnycharles]

Do you plan to put it in the fridge next winter?

I don't know; just as long as I don't mix them up with the habenarias and the pterostylis :crazy:


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[KyushuCalanthe]

I don't know; just as long as I don't mix them up with the habenarias and the pterostylis :crazy:


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This one is an evergreen here at least, so I don't think you'll mix them up

 

[cnycharles]

Was just reading online that these usually lose their leaves, but like you say this one didn't. I've kept it in bathroom next to cracked window for about a month, hope it's enough. Repotted into bigger pot with same general media

Here it is between the neos


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[Erythrone]

Just hope I could find it in Canada...

 

[NYEric]

No, they never lost their leaves.

 

[abax]

Very cute little bloom and the spiral blooming is interesting. I wonder what pollinates the flowers.

 

[cnycharles]

Just hope I could find it in Canada...

Maybe eric could pick one up from arirang and bring it up. Pretty sure it's not appendix 1 so able to go across


Elmer Nj