Habitat: terrestrial in fields, lawns, vacant lots, wet meadows, and roadsides
Common name: Spring Ladies' Tresses
Blooming: April-July
Comments: this species is probably the most widespread orchid in the state of Florida, and while the map shows a few counties where vouchered specimens have not been collected, it is very likely this species occurs in those areas as well. This species turns up most everywhere in the late spring and early summer, its graceful spirals of white flowers almost seeming weedy. All of the floral parts form a narrow tube with the lip often bearing a pair of brownish dots.
