Spiranthes Cernua [Nodding Ladies tresses]
Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Schuylkill County, Pa. 9-15-22. This plant found growing right out of mine acid drainage water, orchids and other plants resiliency and adaptation never ceases to amaze me.
Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Schuylkill County, Pa. 9-15-22
Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Schuylkill County, Pa. 9-15-22
Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Schuylkill County, Pa. 9-15-22
Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Schuylkill County, Pa. 9-15-22
Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Schuylkill County, Pa. 9-15-22
Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Schuylkill County, Pa. 9-15-22
Nodding Ladies Tresses orchid [Spiranthes cernua] found in another mine acid settling pond-growing right out of the water! Dauphin County, Pa. 9-26-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses [Spiranthes cernua]. North Central Pa. 9-6-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses [Spiranthes cernua]. North Central Pa. 9-6-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses [Spiranthes cernua]. North Central Pa. 9-6-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses [Spiranthes cernua]. North Central Pa. 9-6-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses [Spiranthes cernua]. North Central Pa. 9-6-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses [Spiranthes cernua]. North Central Pa. 9-6-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses [Spiranthes cernua]. North Central Pa. 9-6-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchids [Spiranthes cernua] with Bog Cranberries [Vaccinium oxycoccos]. North Central Pa. 9-6-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Schuykill County, Pa. 9-13-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Schuykill County, Pa. 9-13-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Schuykill County, Pa. 9-13-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Schuykill County, Pa. 9-13-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Schuykill County, Pa. 9-13-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Found in another mine acid settling pond area. This whole area has a soil that, when the surface is scratched away, is nothing but coal soil and silt. In this area I have found many orchids over the years as it is a special area. The orchids include P. ciliaris [Orange Fringed], P. lacera [Ragged fringed], C. acaule [Pink Lady's slipper] and P. clavellata [Little Club spur]. Although these areas are not the most attractive, with their orange water and the acidic coal smell in the air, they gave me a whole new appreciation for the power of nature, and its ability to adapt and renew in spite of ourselves. Schuylkill County, Pa. 9-13-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Growing on a island in a mine acid settling pond. Schuylkill County, Pa. 9-13-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Growing on a island in a mine acid settling pond. Schuylkill County, Pa. 9-13-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Growing on a island in a mine acid settling pond. Schuylkill County, Pa. 9-13-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Growing on a island in a mine acid settling pond. Schuylkill County, Pa. 9-13-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Growing on a island in a mine acid settling pond. Schuylkill County, Pa. 9-13-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Growing on a island in a mine acid settling pond. Schuylkill County, Pa. 9-13-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses orchid [Spiranthes cernua]. Growing on a island in a mine acid settling pond. Schuylkill County, Pa. 9-13-21
Grape Leafhopper [Erythroneura comes] on Nodding Ladies' Tresses [Spiranthes cernua]. North Central Pennsylvania. 9-6-21
Grape Leafhopper [Erythroneura comes] on Nodding Ladies' Tresses [Spiranthes cernua]. North Central Pennsylvania. 9-6-21
Grape Leafhopper [Erythroneura comes] on Nodding Ladies' Tresses [Spiranthes cernua]. North Central Pennsylvania. 9-6-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses [Spiranthes cernua] North Central Pennsylvania, 9-6-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses [Spiranthes cernua] North Central Pennsylvania, 9-6-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses [Spiranthes cernua] North Central Pennsylvania, 9-6-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses [Spiranthes cernua] North Central Pennsylvania, 9-6-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses [Spiranthes cernua] North Central Pennsylvania, 9-6-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses [Spiranthes cernua] North Central Pennsylvania, 9-6-21
Nodding Ladies' Tresses [Spiranthes cernua] North Central Pennsylvania, 9-6-21
Common Epithelia Moth caterpillar [Epithelia miserulata] on [Spiranthes cernua]].Schuylkill County,9-26-171
Nodding Ladies Tresses [Spiranthes cernua] . Schuylkill County, Pa. 9-26-17
Nodding Ladies Tresses [Spiranthes cernua] . Schuylkill County, Pa. 9-26-17