Yes, these are Orchids, Patty.
We have been tracking LOTs of Spiranthes cernua, a native Orchid, at our place in NE Pennsylvania for many years. These always start blooming around Labor Day, and they are truly charming little Orchids. They actually also grow along a slope along a Highway in Pennsylvania, as we discovered many years ago.
A few years ago, a vendor at an Orchid Show sold pots of Spiranthes cernua v. odorata and I tried to naturalize them in our backyard. After a few years they started to decline and - playing around with them and realizing they grow well in Peatmoss and do better growing along with my tropicals, I grow them now like that. These bloom later than cernua, always start in October into November.
