60 ORCHID FAMILY 



orchids become fragrant at night, and those of H. qmn- 

 queseta sometimes have the odor of cyclamens. 



Habenaria quinqueseta. Flowers white, about % in. across, 

 in spike terminating- leafy stem 8-20 in. tall. Lateral petals 

 divided, lobes curved, apparently unconnected. Spur about 2 

 in. long. Leaves 2-5 in. long. Pinelands. Blooming in sum- 

 mer and fall. Fla. to S. C. and La. 



Habenaria repens. Flowers greenish, many, small, spur 

 short. Stem leafy, 6-24 in. tall. Leaves 2-9 in. long. Wet 

 grounds. Blooming from spring to fall. Fla. to La. 



Habenaria Habenaria. Flowers whitish, about 1 in. across, 

 spur 4-5 in. long. Spike few-flowered. Stem 1-2 ft. tall. 

 Leaves 2-6 in. long. Sandy soil. Blooming in summer and 

 fall. Southern Fla. 



Habenaria distans. Flowers whitish, small, few, spur 

 short. Stem 8-12 in. tall. Leaves chiefly basal, oblong or 

 elliptic, 2-6 in. long, upper leaves scale-like. Low pinelands. 

 Fla. 



Sphered Orchids (Genera Gymnadeniopsis and 



Habenella) 



Whitest of summer flowers is G. nivea, whose many- 

 flowered cylindrical spikes bloom in profusion in marshy 

 places. Orchids of this group are spurred, like the fringed 

 orchids and the spider orchids, but differ from them in 

 the lip, which is neither fringed nor parted. 



The green spurred orchid, H. Garheri, which blooms 

 in autumn and winter in shaded places in the southern 

 part of the peninsula, is variable in size and in leaf-form. 

 It is ordinarily one to two feet in height, but a plant that 

 I found one January, not far from Alva, was four feet 

 tall, and had 115 flowers in the long spike. The blossoms 

 of this orchid have a peculiar and agreeable fragrance that 

 is especially noticeable at night. 



G3minademopsis nivea (Habenaria). Flowers white, small, 

 many, in cylindrical spike terminating leafy stem 4-20 in. 

 tall. Lip narrow, spur about Y2 iii« long. Leaves narrow, 2-8 



