We spent some time in our place in Pennsy ( NE/ Lackawanna county) the last couple of days to see the Spiranthes cernua in bloom. This year is a decent year for them!
We saw a lot of the pretty white spikes and they were this year nicely wide-spread: There was a line of blooming plants next to our pond, we found many, many on the Lichen hill ( the slope has tons of beautiful Lichen) and there were about 20 plants right at the edge of the sunny dirt road leading to our place.
In previous years I had reported ( on DG) the massive stand of Spiranthes cernua on a highway leading to our place. The Spiranthes were just starting to bloom in that spot and this year the lower part of the slope didn't show any spikes, it was most likely too hot for them that close to the highway. The upper part of the slope has a little more vegetation which surely protected them somewhat.
