I can't identify this, can anyone help?
I've never seen it here until this year after we graveled out driveway. It is coming up only in the draveway gravel. The tallest one grew yp the an area that was too packed for me to dig...it is like cement!
Here is a close up.
The stem and leaves resemble a lilt to me. The stem is thick and stiff like a lily stem.
I have one of them growing also and I have no idea what it is.
don't know what it is but it looks cool
Gloria
Oh dear. I think this may be it.
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
http://www.osrbg.ca/files/EPI_HEL.HTM
(QUOTE)and now, "invasive orchid"? SInce late spring I have been watching these lily-like plants that sprouted up all over my yard, in between wood planks, in the lawn, and in plant pots. Finally they flowered, and I was surprised to discover that they are orchids, a species from Europe known as the helleborine (Epipactis helleborine). ..............this species is not usually considered invasive, though I'd have to say that it certainly is persistent, and shows the ability to grow in places where other plants can't. (unquote)
from
http://invasivespecies.blogspot.com/2003_06_29_invasivespecies_archive.html
This message was edited Jun 24, 2007 12:09 AM
Yes, that's definately it.
I talked about it on my garden blog today, at My Space. Here's a link. (BELOW)
This message was edited Jun 24, 2007 1:20 AM
Oops, I don't think that will work. Try this...
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=185514067
Yep, that's it. I am very surprised. Thanks.
My Michigan Wildflowers book says it is a protected plant.
From http://healthresources.caremark.com/GetHerbContent.do?primerid=21796&name=Lady's+Slipper+Orchid
"some herbalists recommend using the roots of another species called ..... helleborine ( Epipactis helleborine ), which has the same purported effects, is more widespread, and is relatively easy to cultivate. 1 "
"....classified as a "nervine," indicating its purported healing and calming effect on the nerves. This term, however, is no longer used in medicine today."
".... sometimes used today either alone or as a component of formulas intended to produce treat anxiety or insomnia .
Lady's slipper is also sometimes used topically as a poultice or plaster for relief of muscular pain , 2 but again there is no evidence that it is effective. "
She will fit right in my medicinal herb bed (medicinal historical not to be used now. LOL)
That is so neat. Thanks for the info.
Cindy
Just found another plant I've never seen before on our property and it was also growing in that area. We think they were brought in with the gravel for our drive or the "good dirt" dh bought from the same man as the gravel.
This is apparently Wild Lilly of The Valley or Canada Mayflower Maianthemum canadense Desf.
But the ones I found have only 1 leaf on its own stem. Hmmm. Ah. I just found this...
http://www.northernontarioflora.ca/description.cfm?speciesid=1002134
" Extensive patches of single-leaved vegetative shoots propagated by the creeping rhizomes are common. "
My kind of mystery - easily solved. LOL!
It's neat to have an unknown growing and try to id it. I have catnip and sage both growing which I didn't plant. I have also had a strange vine which was id'd as Virginia Creeper. I was told to get rid of that, which I did. This year I had another strange plant come up and I am pretty sure it is a Barbury Shrub. I don't know where the heck that came from. I don't own any and neither do any of my neighbors, lol.
Barberry berries are loved by the birds. They gobble them up and then plop, a new plant.
That's what I figured happened grannymarsh.
