goodyera pubescens

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the native north american orchid goodyera pubescens may be somewhat common in the more southern states, but in ny it is fairly scattered around and not usually in large numbers. a native orchid-hunting friend told us about a place in south-central ny where there were quite a few colonies along a trail. there were at least five separate spots with colonies, some of them quite large. four spots had plants in flower. when I had stopped the first time two weeks before, the leaves were amazingly beautiful, the nicest I've seen of it. the friend told me that unfortunately people often collect the plants and try to grow them in terrariums... and of course they die. i don't know if there are nurseries that have figured out how to grow them in cultivation yet or not.

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goodyeras have beautiful flowers, but they are so small and the stems sway so much in any breeze (and they usually grow where it is fairly dark) that it can be tough getting a really good close-up of all the flowers. these flowers were quite large

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of course this isn't an orchid, but a nice clump of indian pipe growing nearby
 
Great photos! The foliage of the goodyera is stunning; no wonder people are tempted to remove them from the wild - most unfortunate for the plants of course.
 
There's a guy, I think in NC, that sold some on Orchidmall a while ago. I think they were nursery products. I have a couple of those left alive. I found a wild one in the Newburgh/Plattekille, N.Y. area. Thanx for posting.
 
the native north american orchid goodyera pubescens may be somewhat common in the more southern states, but in ny it is fairly scattered around and not usually in large numbers. a native orchid-hunting friend told us about a place in south-central ny where there were quite a few colonies along a trail. there were at least five separate spots with colonies, some of them quite large. four spots had plants in flower. when I had stopped the first time two weeks before, the leaves were amazingly beautiful, the nicest I've seen of it. the friend told me that unfortunately people often collect the plants and try to grow them in terrariums... and of course they die. i don't know if there are nurseries that have figured out how to grow them in cultivation yet or not.

Very nice pictures! For Canadians, check out Fraser's Thimble Farms and Planteck Biotecknologies. They don't have that speices at the moment, but have had in the past, so I guess nurseries have figured out how to grow them. I'm sure they would be avaliable in the U.S. too.
 

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