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FINALLY, Caleb did a little research and told me that Spiranthes isa bog plant.
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FINALLY, Caleb did a little research and told me that Spiranthes isa bog plant.
For Caleb — Lady Tresses update! « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009
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Spiranthes rubriflora, Berberis pinnata, Saxifraga of Bulphai occur here.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Went down to the great meadow for lady's tresses, Spiranthes, which grow there plentifully.
Rural Hours 1887
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For instance, the little variety called "ladies 'tresses" [_Spiranthes_], which throws a spiral head of pale green blossoms out of dry pastures, appears here with small bells hanging on a twisted stem, as accurately as the best photograph could give it, although the process of woodcutting, as then practised in England, was very rude, and although almost all other English illustrations of the period are rough and inartistic.
Gossip in a Library Edmund Gosse 1888
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In the allied Spiranthes, or "Lady's-Tresses," a somewhat similar mechanism prevails, by which fertilization is largely effected by the changed position or angle of the stigma plane.
My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873
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Spiranthes cernuus (ladies 'tresses), Kineo and after.
The Maine Woods 1858
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Spiranthes, marsh Epipactis, and any other rare orchis.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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If you can it any time send me Spiranthes or Aceras or O. ustulata, you would complete your work of kindness.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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There are at least four species of ladies 'tresses (Spiranthes) in the region.
unknown title 2009
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