We took a couple of walks this week to check up on the Platanthera lacera. Last Summer was a tremendous year for them, this year only a very few plants tried to bloom. And it looked way too hot and too dry for those growing out in the open!
It looks to us that Platanthera lacera will not bloom twice from the same plant. The first year one sees a single leaf, the second year perhaps a double-leaf juvenile and the third year we observe spikes. Once they flowered, they are done and we look for single leaves popping up in the surrounding area.
This one grew out in the open meadow.
