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Family: Orchidaceae
Mid-Atlantic bloom time: late May
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe: June - July
Each plant has only one leaf, which dies off before the foot-high flower stalk emerges and blooms in late spring. The dried stalk and seed remnants often remain throughout the winter when the leaf is present.
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26 October 2012
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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22 March 2015
Scott's Run Nature Area, McLean, VA 
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20 May 2013
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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20 May 2013
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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20 May 2013
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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8 December 2012
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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