after visiting the roadside spiranthes near oriskany, I went to the other side of rome, ny to see how the population of sp. ochroleuca were doing. friend and fellow native orchid hunter/photographer ken hull and new recruit ryan had visited a spot between camden and florence and was concerned that there weren't many ochroleuca in flower this year. I finally had a little time after work to check things out, so went to see for myself. I had thought that it was a bit early before, and I did find a number of ochroleuca in partial flower, so they likely hadn't been up and flowering yet before. there definitely were many less in two other areas, but the spot lowest near the watershed of a creek had about a dozen or so, including one very 'yellow' or butterscotch-colored ochroleuca which had some of the yellowest markings I had seen so far for this species
ochroleuca on shady road bank
can you find the orchid in this picture? I posted a similar picture in
recent years, likely of the same orchid! I was standing on the edge
of the road when I saw this spiranthes ochroleuca in a pocket between the trees
roadside bank, cernua growing where a spring seeps downhill
robust cernua variety like the ones found along rt 49
nice ochroleuca, this one has deeper yellow than most i've seen before
ochroleuca, view from top
ochrolueca, view showing downward 'spiral staircase'
view with white aster, showing contrast between white and yellow flowers

ochroleuca on shady road bank

can you find the orchid in this picture? I posted a similar picture in
recent years, likely of the same orchid! I was standing on the edge
of the road when I saw this spiranthes ochroleuca in a pocket between the trees



roadside bank, cernua growing where a spring seeps downhill

robust cernua variety like the ones found along rt 49

nice ochroleuca, this one has deeper yellow than most i've seen before

ochroleuca, view from top

ochrolueca, view showing downward 'spiral staircase'

view with white aster, showing contrast between white and yellow flowers