north american native orchid journal - at The Culture Sheet
north american native orchid journal - at The Culture Sheet
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Brown & Folsom: WILD ORCHIDS OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE<br />
Goodyera pubescens (Willdenow) R. Brown<br />
downy r<strong>at</strong>tlesnake orchis<br />
Range: Ontario east to Nova Scotia, south to Arkansas and Florida<br />
In the White Mountains region: <strong>at</strong> the <strong>north</strong>ern limit of its range<br />
but widespread and sc<strong>at</strong>tered in the southern portion of the region<br />
Plant: terrestrial, 20-50 cm tall<br />
Leaves: 4-8; in a basal rosette, bluish-green with white reticul<strong>at</strong>ions on<br />
the veins, broadly lanceol<strong>at</strong>e, 2-4 cm wide × 4-10 cm long; evergreen<br />
Flowers: 20-50+; in a densely flowered terminal spike; white,<br />
copiously pubescent; petals and sepals somewh<strong>at</strong> similar and the upper<br />
ones forming a hood over the spreading sepals and sacc<strong>at</strong>e lip;<br />
individual flower size ca. 3 × 4 mm<br />
Habit<strong>at</strong>: mixed and deciduous woodlands<br />
Flowering period: August<br />
Goodyera pubescens, the downy r<strong>at</strong>tlesnake orchis is a typically southern<br />
species is reaching the <strong>north</strong>ern limit of its range in the Northeast. It has<br />
the most handsomely marked foliage of any of our <strong>n<strong>at</strong>ive</strong> <strong>orchid</strong>s and<br />
also has the added fe<strong>at</strong>ure of being evergreen. Large p<strong>at</strong>ches are<br />
often formed and when in<br />
flower the snow-white blooms<br />
<strong>at</strong>op the slender spikes make it<br />
the showiest of all of the<br />
r<strong>at</strong>tlesnake orchises in North<br />
America. <strong>The</strong> entire inflorescence<br />
is copiously pubescent<br />
and the ne<strong>at</strong>, little rounded<br />
buds form a fanciful appearance to th<strong>at</strong> of the<br />
tail of a r<strong>at</strong>tlesnake!<br />
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