Aplectrum
Submitted by wellsy on Sat, 29/12/2007 - 13:39
Aplectrum Nuttall is a member of the
tribe CALYPSOEAE which also has representatives from the below genera : Aplectrum, Calypso, Tipularia.
One species is
known from North America.
Aplectrum hyemale (Muhlenb. ex Willd.) Nutt.
(Puttyroot, Adam-and-Eve-root).
The
plant is a terrestrial orchid that grows from a series of bulb-like roots attached by narrower roots. The plant has a single,
broad, elliptical pointed leaf at the base. Flower spike, which arises from the root, has small leaflike structures enclosing
the stem. Flower is purplish toward its base and brown toward its summit, with white lip.

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