Creeping Lady’s-Tresses (Goodyera)

Overview

The Creeping Lady’s-Tresses is a relative rare wood orchid, which flowers at midsummer. You can found them mainly in half-shady pinewoods, mostly in moss pads.

Eponymous was on one side a fine netlike drawing on the leaves, which form a basal rosette, in addition the disposition for production of stolons. Thus the Creeping Lady’s-Tresses stands often together in little groups.

In July ethe small, white flowers appear, which are arranged one-sided. Inflorescence and flowers are tomentous.

Goodyera repens

Goodyera repens, Wolfratshausen.

25.07.2012, Wolfratshausen, Germany

Goodyera repens, Wolfratshausen.

25.07.2012, Wolfratshausen, Germany

Goodyera repens, Wolfratshausen.

25.07.2012, Wolfratshausen, Germany

Goodyera repens steht oft in kleinen Gruppen zusammen.

25.07.2012, Wolfratshausen, Germany

Blattrosette von Goodyera repens, zudem sind einige Wurzelausläufer zu sehen.

25.07.2012, Wolfratshausen, Germany

Habitat von Goodyera repens, Wolfratshausen.

25.07.2012, Wolfratshausen, Germany