General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
Plant Height: 4.5 to 15 inches
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Florida Lady's Tresses
  • Ladies' Tresses Orchid
  • Orchid
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Spiranthes brevilabris var. floridana
  • Synonym: Spiranthes gracilis var. floridana
  • Synonym: Spiranthes floridana

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Location: Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park - Okeechobee co., Florida
Date: 21-MAY-2005
Photo courtesy of Brian Ahern
Location: Bull Creek WMA - Osceola County, Florida 
Date: 18-APR-2008
Photo courtesy of Brian Ahern
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-04-25
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-04-25
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-05-03
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-06-01
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-05-03
Young leaf still curled into tubular form
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-06-01
spent seed pods

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