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Hi Heather & All, July 23, 2008
It is here to stay but it is so aggressive I pull it out wherever I
notice it; futile in the long run but locally it may give time for it to
fit in. Deer like it, especially after capsules have developed.
The seeds are very small and when dry will stick to fur and wool and
the plant is likely spread in this way (and perhaps many other ways).
When I first encountered this plant it was along a pick & shovel woods
road and more or less in a row for about 100 paces. A year or so later
it showed up in the garden in town. Thus the seed test.
It tends to come up in ground that has zero or sparse plant cover so
this could be considered a positive attribute. According to my Warming
(1895), it [E. latifolia = E. helleborine] is pollinated by wasps in
Europe so it would be interesting to know what insect pollinates it
here. Warming also says that Epipactis is a chlorophyll-free saprophyte
so our plants may have some tendency in this direction.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
Heather Drope wrote:
>Hi Andy, it is a 'new' orchid to the province (don't know exactly how new
>in decades) and in fact it can be weedlike from what I hear. Seems to be
>all over North America. There is an area near Smileys park that has what
>I would guess to be a hundred plants. It is also growing in the park it's
>self.When I led the field trip for Nature Canada last year, one of the
>participants found a white form which I thought was a bit special.
>Your daughter should consider herself lucky to have it. I know I would
>think myself lucky to have a wild orchid in my garden.
>Heather Drope
>
>From: "Andy Dean" <aadean@ns.sympatico.ca>
>To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>Subject: [NatureNS] HELLEBORINE
>Date sent: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:38:31 -0300
>Send reply to: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>
>
>Wevisited our daughter in Middleton this afternoon
>and discovered she has a 'weed'growing in her
>garden which we identified asEpipactis
>helleborine. [ HELLEBORINE] a wild species of the
>Orchid family. Our ancient copy of Roland's Flora of
>Nova Scotia doesn't include the species which
>leads us to wonder what the status is in the
>province. Anyone?
>Thanks,
>Andy & Lelia Dean
>86 Baden Powell Drive
>Kentville, NS. Canada. B4N 5P5
>Tel: [902] 678-6243
>
>aadean@ns.sympatico.ca
>
>
>
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