North Carolina Native Plants Society - Native Plants Gallery - Spiranthes longilabris - Giant Spiral Orchid

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Spiranthes longilabris

Giant Spiral Orchid

Native/Alien:	Native
Bloom Color(s):	White
Size in Feet:	2
Light:	Sun, Part-sun
Soil Moisture:	Sub-hygric^(*)
Bloom Time:	October - November - December
Bloom Area:	Coast
State Rank:	S1 - 1-5 Extant Populations - Critically imperiled in NC because of extreme rarity or because of some factor(s) making it especially vulnerable to extirpation (local extinction) from NC ^(*)
Global Rank:	G3 - 21-100 Extant Populations - Rare or uncommon in the world ^(*)
State Status:	T - Threatened ^(*)
Blooms in Hand © David R. McAdoo
Closeup of Blooms "Looks like the flying nun's hat" © David R. McAdoo
Close up David McAdoo
Blooms on one side Tom Harville
Blooms with a half twist Tom Harville
A one-sided inflorescence seen from the back © John Henderson, Nov 08,2012, Croatan National Forest
Leafless stem © John Henderson, Nov 08,2012, Croatan National Forest
Giant Spiral Orchid in its habitat This Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic grows in wet pine savannas from southeast NC, south to southern Florida and west to eastern Texas. © John Henderson, Nov 08,2012, Croatan National Forest
Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record

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