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Neottia cordata [Heart Leaved Twayblade]

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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast Pa. 5-1-23
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast Pa. 5-1-23
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast Pa. 5-1-23. I am always fascinated by spiders seemingly appearing out of nowhere to claim plants as there own, to set trapes to ensnare insects who are lured to plants by color, fragrance and scent with the promise of a sweet reward. The plant does this in hopes that the insect will inadvertently collect pollen from the inflorescence [flower] and pollinate the next flower. But spiders know this and take advantage of these insects and are waiting for a surprise of their own to ensnare these unknowing pollinators. Even on the tiniest of flowers like this Heart leaved Twayblade on the coldest of days, they are there and waiting. It is as if each plant has a spider made for it and is just waiting for it to spring up and they waste no time in setting their trap, a web. Another unique and mysterious relationship in the natural world. How do these individual spiders know just where the plants will appear? but somehow they do know and are always there and patiently waiting.
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast Pa. 5-1-23
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast Pa. 5-1-23
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast Pa. 5-1-23
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast Pa. 5-1-23, in bud
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast Pa. 5-1-23
Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast Pa. 5-1-23
Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast Pa. 5-1-23
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast Pa. 5-1-23
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Walking through this swamp on a cold, rainy, windy and at times even snow and sleet day, feeling very much wet, cold and miserable and wondering just what it is that I am doing here. You look down and there it is, and you suddenly you forget all about your discomfort. I will never get tired of seeing these tiny jewels and beauties of the forest floor. Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast Pa. 5-1-23. A week to two weeks early this year
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast, Pa. 5-12-22
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast, Pa. 5-12-22
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast, Pa. 5-12-22
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast, Pa. 5-12-22
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast, Pa. 5-12-22
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast, Pa. 5-12-22
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast, Pa. 5-12-22
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast, Pa. 5-12-22
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast, Pa. 5-12-22
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast, Pa. 5-12-22
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast, Pa. 5-12-22
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast, Pa. 5-12-22
Unusual single ranked [flowers arranged in straight columns]Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast, Pa. 5-12-22
The tiny elegant beauty of Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast, Pa. 5-12-22
The tiny elegant beauty of Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Northeast, Pa. 5-12-22
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Coos County, N.H. 7-11-21
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata], still holding on to its flowers long after it has gone to seed and the seed have dispersed. Notice some of the ovaries behind the flowers are empty of seeds. Coos County, N.H. 7-11-21
Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata], still holding on to its flowers long after it has gone to seed and the seed have dispersed. Notice some of the ovaries behind the flowers are empty of seeds. Coos County, N.H. 7-11-21
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Fungus Gnat [Mycetophilidae] and Braconid Wasp pollinating the flowers of Neottia cordata.5-13-21 ​
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Braconid Wasp pollinating the flowers of Neottia cordata.5-13-21 ​
Braconid Wasp pollinating the flowers of Neottia cordata.5-13-21 
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Fungus Gnat [Mycetophilidae] pollinating the flowers of Neottia cordata. 5-13-21
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Fungus Gnat [Mycetophilidae] pollinating the flowers of Neottia cordata. 5-13-21
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Fungus Gnat [Mycetophilidae] pollinating the flowers of Neottia cordata. 5-13-21
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Fungus Gnat [Mycetophilidae] pollinating the flowers of  Neottia cordata. 5-13-21
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Fungus Gnat [Mycetophilidae] pollinating the flowers of Neottia cordata. 5-13-21
Fungus Gnat [Mycetophilidae] pollinating the flowers of Neottia cordata. 5-13-21
Fungus Gnat [Mycetophilidae] pollinating the flowers of  Neottia cordata.5-13-21
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Pa. 5-13-21
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Pa. 5-13-21
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Pa. 5-13-21
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Pa. 5-13-21
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Pa. 5-13-21
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Pa. 5-13-21
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Pa. 5-13-21
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Pa. 5-13-21
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Pa. 5-13-21
Orchid jewels of the forest floor, Neottia cordata.Pa. 5-13-21
Orchid jewels of the forest floor, Neottia cordata. Pa. 5-13-21
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Pa. 5-13-21
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Pa. 5-13-21
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Pa. 5-13-21
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Heart Leaved Twayblade [Neottia cordata]. Pa. 5-13-21
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