The Chinese spiranthes (Spiranthes sinensis) is native to Eurasia and Australia and can be found across Japan, producing pink flowers from May to August. As a plant found across Japan, the Chinese spiranthes is used as kigo, i.e., a word or phrase associated with a particular season in haiku or Japanese poetry, for mid-summer, the period from June 6 to July 6. Interestingly, some spiral clockwise while others counter clockwise. There is no established theory to explain what determines the direction of the spiral.
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