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Old 11-15-2023, 01:28 PM
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New potential discovery with Spiranthes magnicamporum??
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Recently I was out in a bog doing this fun little game I play with myself where I identify orchids only by their seed pods and I found a really cool prairie area! In that prairie I saw a massive colony of Spiranthes magnicamporum which was a really fun sight. But I noticed something. I observed that most of the plants flowering there had no leaves at all. One flower that had about only a few individual flowers on it and mostly pods had 2 very tiny oval basal leaves. I looked around very closely, and I found more of those basal leaves around the prairie, but those plants had no flowers on them. I thought that was strange.
So, about 2 months later (maybe 2 weeks ago) I went back to that prairie area, again playing that game I like to play when I noticed that all of the seed pods on the orchids were dried and blowing seeds. I decided to collect a small amount before I noticed that just then, there were leaves on the orchids. It's November though! I started doing heavy research on this plant and I have looked and looked online, but I haven't found any pictures of the orchid with leaves and also no evidence that this orchid could be hibernal.

(Hibernal means the orchid leaves come up in the autumn, last throughout winter to photosynthesize, and die in the spring before the flowers bloom.)

It is now November 15, and yesterday I went back to that prairie. Sure enough, those leaves were completely out. Again, it's November, and I wouldn't expect this to happen. The only thing I read online is this, which is a bit shocking to me..
"Basal leaves are long and slender, up to 5˝ inches long, ˝ inch wide and wilt away around 2 weeks before the flowers appear" Spiranthes magnicamporum (Great Plains Ladies'-tresses): Minnesota Wildflowers

The leaves on the orchid I found were NOT long and slender. They were very small and round. It also says that there is a tinge of yellow on the lower lip, and I never saw that.

Is there a chance this is a hybrid, or have I discovered a completely new species??
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