I know St. Patty’s Day is over, but today I’m featuring the “Irish Orchid”—Neotina maculata (side note: I recently discovered after doing some genealogy research on Ancestry.com that I have a bit of Irish blood!). This plant is also known as the “Dense-flowered orchid,” and as one of its nicknames suggests, it can be found in Ireland. The orchid reminds me a bit of a sprig of hyacinth: