Here’s an orchid that’s blooming now in western Pennsylvania.
Slender ladies’ tresses (Spiranthes lacera) grow in open habitats in eastern North America. They’re found in both natural and disturbed areas.
Marcy Cunkelman was mowing when she saw two of these flowers growing among the grass. Wow! She stopped the mower and protected them with stakes and bright pink ribbon.
Dianne Machesney’s photo below shows that the entire plant isn’t very large and could easily be overlooked in the grass.
Without the pink ribbon it really blends in.
(photos by Kate St.John and Dianne Machesney)
It is very different and interesting. Thank you for sharing this.