Tipularia discolor

[tnyr5]

I'd be lying if I said I expected to see this thing bloom before 2024. Happy surprises!
Individual flowers are 9 to 13mm across.

 

[Linus_Cello]

Where did you get your plant?

 

[silence882]

Nice! I lucked onto an album form in the Maryland woods last summer.

 

[tnyr5]

Oh wow, that's awesome.

 

[NYEric]

I had some from eBay. I have to try again. Thanks for sharing, everyone.

 

[SEMO-Cypr]

They grow like mad in my brothers woods. Some places it’s hard to not step on them. They seriously even pop up in his four wheeler trails.

 

[Ozpaph]

tiny things, really

 

[mrhappyrotter]

It's a neat little species with absolutely gorgeous foliage. And I'll never forget when my orchid obsession was just starting and I discovered these growing in the woods. It was thrilling.

The flowers are fairly inconspicuous in a woodland environment until they get illuminated by a bright ray of sunlight, at which they really shine (literally and figuratively). I don't think I've ever seen them in bloom this early in the year, though. I'll have to go brave the ticks and see if I find any in the woods. They normally start blooming around mid to late July in my part of the world.

 

[tnyr5]

Don't forget that I grow all my temperate terrestrials fully indoors and manipulate their bloom times.

 

[NYEric]

ticks - UGH!!

 

[SouthPark]

I'll have to go brave the ticks and see if I find any in the woods.

Just put a shower cap on the head. One with a fairly tight seal ----- with some pyrethrum hair spray - just in case hehehe