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|familia=Orchidaceae
|genus=Aplectrum
|genus=Aplectrum
|species=hyemale
|species=hyemale
|habit=orchid
|lifespan=perennial
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'''''Aplectrum hyemale''''' is a [[species]] of [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae) and the sole species of the [[genus]] '''''Aplectrum'''''. The generic name comes from [[Greek language|Greek]] and signifies "spurless". The species is commonly referred to as '''Adam and Eve''' or '''putty root''', the latter refers to the [[mucilage|mucilaginous]] fluid which can be removed from the tubers when they are crushed.
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Aplectrum hyemale, Nutt. (A. spicatum, B. S. P.). Putty Root. Adam-and-eve. Fig. 234. Sends up a pointed green lf. 2-6 in. long, which lasts through the winter, and in spring a stalk about a foot high, bearing a raceme of rather large greenish brown fls., which are succeeded by hanging, oblong-pointed pods (Fig. 234).—Hardy. May be grown in rich, loamy borders. Interesting, but not showy.
Aplectrum hyemale, Nutt. (A. spicatum, B. S. P.). Putty Root. Adam-and-eve. Fig. 234. Sends up a pointed green lf. 2-6 in. long, which lasts through the winter, and in spring a stalk about a foot high, bearing a raceme of rather large greenish brown fls., which are succeeded by hanging, oblong-pointed pods (Fig. 234).—Hardy. May be grown in rich, loamy borders. Interesting, but not showy.
Flower spurless and sacless; petals and sepals similar, narrow; lip 3-lobed and crested, deflexed; fertile anther 1, the pollen-masses 4, smooth and waxy; column free, compressed, the anther borne below the top.
Flower spurless and sacless; petals and sepals similar, narrow; lip 3-lobed and crested, deflexed; fertile anther 1, the pollen-masses 4, smooth and waxy; column free, compressed, the anther borne below the top.
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==Cultivation==
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==Gallery==
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[[Image:Putty-rootOrchid.jpg]]
==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==See also==
==External links==
*''[[Oreorchis patens]]'' - an extremely similar species, also in a [[monotypic]] genus
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