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Culture & Care for the genus Spiranthes

Introduction to the genus





General cultivation techniques

Specific guidelines

In-vitro culture

Hybridisation notes

Pollinators

Spiranthes diluvialis (Ute ladies'-tresses)
Bombus morissoni (bumblebee)
Bombus fervidus (bumblebee)
Anthophora terminalis
Anthophora
Ceratina pacifica
Dialictus
Ashmeadiella aridula
Heriades variolosus
Myzinum
Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinxmoth)
Pieres rapae (cabbage white)
Autographa
Systoechus

References

The reproductive biology of rare rangeland plants and their vulnerability to insecticides
Tepedino, Vincent J.

Reproductive biology of the rare orchid, Spiranthes diluvialis
Sipes, Sedonia D., Vincent J. Tepedino

Flowering Calendar

 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Location
Spiranthes novae-zeelandiae            New Zealand
Spiranthes sinensis            Brisbane, Australia

Detailed data: Aggregated observation dates from the GBIF.org network.
A colored month means an observation in habitat or collection date of a herbarium specimen with flower or inflorescence. The number refers to the year of last observation or collection.

 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Location
Spiranthes aestivalis      198520072007    France
Spiranthes aestivalis      193119311995    Germany
Spiranthes aestivalis       1937     Italy
Spiranthes aestivalis       1957     Spain
Spiranthes aestivalis      1959197719621946   Switzerland
Spiranthes cernua        19911980   Canada
Spiranthes cernua          1841  U.S.A.
Spiranthes hemichrea 1878           Guatemala
Spiranthes praecox    1988        U.S.A.
Spiranthes pulchra 1878           Guatemala
Spiranthes romanzoffiana        1984    Ireland
Spiranthes romanzoffiana        1935    U.S.A.
Spiranthes sinensis        1950    Australia
Spiranthes sinensis      2000      Bhutan
Spiranthes sinensis   1986    19851984   India
Spiranthes sinensis        1931    Japan
Spiranthes sinensis         19541962  Nepal
Spiranthes sinensis      1966 1973    Pakistan
Spiranthes sp.          18771870 Guatemala
Spiranthes spiralis  1909    1954195520062006 1905France
Spiranthes spiralis        19311881   Germany
Spiranthes spiralis         192720001950 Greece
Spiranthes spiralis         1984   Iran
Spiranthes spiralis        1924199020031970 Italy
Spiranthes spiralis         1909   Morocco
Spiranthes spiralis    1965        Romania
Spiranthes spiralis          1974  Slovenia
Spiranthes spiralis         19691959  Spain
Spiranthes spiralis       1945198219901968  Switzerland
Spiranthes torta      1835      U.S.A.

Species

The list below shows all the names accepted by the Monocot Checklist at Kew, for a full list please click here

World Checklist for Spiranthes. With the permission of the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Published on the Internet
Database integration using Royal Botanical Gardens Kew for reference
Hybrid  Not a Hybrid ... Click on the ---- to get more data

Spiranthes  -----   Rich., De Orchid. Eur.: 28 (1817).
   Spiranthes aestivalis  -----   (Poir.) Rich., De Orchid. Eur.: 36 (1817).
   Spiranthes angustilabris  -----   J.J.Sm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 394 (1913).
   Spiranthes brevilabris  -----   Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 471 (1840).
      Spiranthes brevilabris var. brevilabris  -----  .
      Spiranthes brevilabris var. floridana  -----   (Wherry) Luer, Native Orchids Florida: 104 (1972).
   Spiranthes casei  -----   Catling & Cruise, Rhodora 76: 527 (1974 publ. 1975).
      Spiranthes casei var. casei  -----  .
      Spiranthes casei var. novaescotiae  -----   Catling, Canad. J. Bot. 59: 1261 (1981).
   Spiranthes cernua  -----   (L.) Rich., De Orchid. Eur.: 37 (1817).
   Spiranthes delitescens  -----   Sheviak, Rhodora 92: 215 (1990).
   Spiranthes diluvialis  -----   Sheviak, Brittonia 36: 11 (1984).
   Spiranthes x eamesii  -----   P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 12: 61 (2006).
   Spiranthes eatonii  -----   Ames ex P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 5: 9 (1999).
   Spiranthes graminea  -----   Lindl. in G.Bentham, Pl. Hartw.: 25 (1840).
   Spiranthes hongkongensis  -----   S.Y.Hu & Barretto, Chung Chi J. 13(2): 2 (1976).
   Spiranthes infernalis  -----   Sheviak, Rhodora 91: 226 (1989).
   Spiranthes x intermedia  -----   Ames, Rhodora 5: 262 (1903).
   Spiranthes x itchetuckneensis  -----   P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 5: 362 (1999).
   Spiranthes lacera  -----   (Raf.) Raf., Herb. Raf.: 44 (1833).
      Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis  -----   (Bigelow) Luer, Native Orchids U.S. & Canada excluding Florida: 112 (1975).
      Spiranthes lacera var. lacera  -----  .
   Spiranthes laciniata  -----   (Small) Ames, Orchidaceae 1: 120 (1905).
   Spiranthes longilabris  -----   Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 476 (1840).
   Spiranthes lucida  -----   (H.H.Eaton) Ames, Orchidaceae 2: 258 (1908).
   Spiranthes magnicamporum  -----   Sheviak, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 287 (1973).
   Spiranthes nebulorum  -----   Catling & V.R.Catling, Rhodora 90: 139 (1988).
   Spiranthes ochroleuca  -----   (Rydb.) Rydb., Fl. Plains N. Amer.: 241 (1932).
   Spiranthes odorata  -----   (Nutt.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 467 (1840).
   Spiranthes ovalis  -----   Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 466 (1840).
      Spiranthes ovalis var. erostellata  -----   Catling, Brittonia 35: 123 (1983).
      Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis  -----  .
   Spiranthes parksii  -----   Correll, Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 16: 400 (1947).
   Spiranthes porrifolia  -----   Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 467 (1840).
   Spiranthes praecox  -----   (Walter) S.Watson in A.Gray, Manual, ed. 6: 503 (1890).
   Spiranthes pusilla  -----   (Blume) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 722 (1859).
   Spiranthes romanzoffiana  -----   Cham., Linnaea 3: 32 (1828).
   Spiranthes x simpsonii  -----   Catling & Sheviak, Lindleyana 8: 78 (1993).
   Spiranthes sinensis  -----   (Pers.) Ames, Orchidaceae 2: 53 (1908).
   Spiranthes spiralis  -----   (L.) Chevall., Fl. Gén. Env. Paris 2: 330 (1827).
   Spiranthes sylvatica  -----   P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 7: 194 (2001).
   Spiranthes torta  -----   (Thunb.) Garay & H.R.Sweet in R.A.Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles, Orchid.: 77 (1974).
   Spiranthes tuberosa  -----   Raf., Herb. Raf.: 45 (1833).
   Spiranthes vernalis  -----   Engelm. & A.Gray, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 236 (1845).