Sphinx Ladies'-Tresses

Spiranthes incurva

(Jenn.) M.C.Pace Species

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Botanical name
Spiranthes incurva
Also known as
Sphinx Ladies'-Tresses, Sphinx Ladies’ Tresses
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Spiranthes
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Sphinx Ladies'-Tresses

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Spiranthes incurva but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Ibidium incurvum

Others in Spiranthes

Spiranthes tuberosa
Little Ladies'-Tresses
Spiranthes × eamesii
Spiranthes × intermedia
Spiranthes australis
Spiranthes bightensis
Spiranthes casei
Case's Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes cernua
Common Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes graminea

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