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Spiranthes ochroleuca 'MC4142' -spontaneous
 
 
 
 
Number: TN5907
Name: Spiranthes ochroleuca 'MC4142' -spontaneous
Type: spontaneous    (What's that?)
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Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plant: Temperature range C (52-70°F)
 
Comments: Parent plant: Medium-sized plant.
 
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.

Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
For Species:   Spring, Summer, Autumn: days average 80°F, nights 59°F; best fit is Intermediate 83-60°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Species:   Winter: days average 36°F, nights 22°F; best fit is Frigid 46-28°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)

About the name...
Etymology of ochroleuca   From latinized Greek "ochroleucus" ochre-colored. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Etymology of Spiranthes   From Greek "speira" spiral; "anthos" flower. From the spiral pattern of the flowers on the raceme. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Pronunciation of Spiranthes   spy-RAN-theez (Source: Hawkes 1978)
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Flask Information
Availability: There were problems with this item and we weren't able to make any viable flasks.
You should: Consider placing a "Notify Retries" Request, and if an identical pollination (the same parents) is done again, we'll let you know.
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The origin/habitat information below is supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker

The following information is based on the name of the plant provided by the donor, and assumes that the name is correct. If the plant has been misidentified, then the following information may not be correct.
This text is copyrighted by the Bakers and may not be reproduced without permission.

ORIGIN/HABITAT: The northeastern United States and extreme southeastern Canada. This orchid is found from Michigan and Pennsylvania eastward to the Atlantic coast northward through the New England states to southern Maine and into southern Ontario and Quebec as well as Nova Scotia, and southern Newfoundland in Canada. Plants are found on damp, grassy hillsides. Luer (1975) reported that these plants grow on higher ground in more shade than does the closely related Spiranthes cernua, that it shuns the soggy pastures so commonly filled with S. cernua, and that when the two species occur together, as they commonly do along roadsides in Michigan, S. cernua will be found in full flower in the bottom of the ditch, while S. ochroleuca will occur at the top of the ditch or farther back in the shade of trees with the lower flowers just beginning to open. Darnell (1976) stated that "It should be perfectly hardy in this country (England) in an open spot in the rock garden in fairly damp, sandy loam.
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