#aplectrum

[continent-of-wild-endeavor]

I found some puttyroot orchids with the seed pods still on them!

I’ve never seen them bloom; like the crippled cranefly orchids, they’re not very showy, and just don’t stand out in the summer woods. But in the winter, their leaves sure do. The seed pods are also similar, but significantly larger (hand for scale).

[filmphotolog]

December 2018 Licking County, Ohio

[uswildflowers]

Aplectrum hyemale