Clayton Beach and Goose Rock

[ronaldhanko]

The results of some day hiking in the Chuckanut Mountains and on Whidbey Island near Deception Pass.

Serendipity and Orchids: Clayton Beach and Goose Rock

[WhiteRabbit]

Beautiful

[ronaldhanko]

Thanks, as always Sonya.

[RosieC]

Wonderful. Interesting about that one that grows in the brush along the tracks and isn't native... makes you wonder doesn't it...

[ronaldhanko]

It certainly does make me wonder. I am convinced, though without proof, that it was distributed by the railroad.

[greenbean]

Did Goodyera oblongifolia get changed to Orchis? Or is giant rattlesnake orchis another common name?

Beautiful pictures, as always. I wish I had grown up just a bit closer to the coast or at least somewhere with better drainage. My parents' house is a little too far inland and has too much clay for truly happy Madronas.

[ronaldhanko]

Nah, it's not in the genus Orchis, that's just one of its common names, which, of course, don't mean very much. The Madronas are another thing I would miss. We're too far inland as well, but we always go to see them.