Shadow Witch Orchid – Native Plant of the Day 09/17/2024
Photo from Sep 17, 2013. Location: Cedar Glade, Pigeon Mountain East, Walker County, GA
More info/photos at the Ponthieva racemosa detail page.
Shadow Witch Orchid – Ponthieva racemosa
Also NPOD 09/15/2014, 09/15/2015, 09/15/2016, 09/17/2017, 09/17/2018, 09/17/2019, 09/17/2020, 09/17/2021, 09/17/2022, 09/17/2023
I’m pretty sure I’ve found a small patch of shadow witch orchids on the edge of a trail near Colonial Williamsburg. But they are no longer in bloom. Do you have any images of them with their seed pods? I found them in bloom and photographed them last year, but I need to make sure it is the same plants, so I need to see the seed structure.
I don’t have any photos of the seeds. There is a photo of them developing here: http://goorchids.northamericanorchidcenter.org/species/ponthieva/racemosa/?pile=orchid-monocots