North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Orchidaceae > Habenaria
	Water Spider Orchid, Floating Orchid (Habenaria repens) Brunswick Co., NC 4 Oct 2008 Rare in NC (Watch List), this orchid grows in wet habitats in the coastal plain.
	Water Spider Orchid, Floating Orchid (Habenaria repens) Brunswick Co., NC 4 Oct 2008 In flower, the petals are greenish yellow to greenish white and are very narrow.
	Water Spider Orchid, Floating Orchid (Habenaria repens) Brunswick Co., NC 4 Oct 2008
	Water Spider Orchid, Floating Orchid (Habenaria repens) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006
	Water Spider Orchid, Floating Orchid (Habenaria repens) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 This individual is in young fruit with developing capsules, so its petals have withered.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.