Aplectrum Hyemale (Noun)
Meaning
North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Alectrum hyemale, commonly known as the winter lady's-tresses, is a terrestrial orchid found in the northeastern United States.
- Alectrum hyemale bears a single leaf, a feature unique to this particular North American orchid.
- Botanists typically distinguish the alectrum hyemale by its small yellowish-brown flowers and underground storage tubers.
- Care must be taken to mimic the precise growth conditions necessary to propagate an alectrum hyemale.
- Each winter lady's-tresses flowerhead produces small yellowish-brown blooms of alectrum hyemale on thin wiry stalks that turn tan at maturity.