Sixth Week of the Native Orchid Season - a good week!
 

The first Lady's Slippers of the season, more Fairy Slippers and Coralroots, a good week indeed.

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Native Orchids of the Pacific Northwest and the Canadian Rockies: Sixth Week of the Native Orchid Season - Fairy Slippers, Coralroots and Two Lady's Slippers

More wonderful pictures Ron :cloud9:

Thanks, as always, Rosie.

Beautiful color!

I don't know how I missed these nice photos.
Thanks, Ron as always for sharing some amazing shots of natural gems!

I have seen the coralroot orchid while camping in the southern Montana near Idaho border.
It was just a single flower stalk growing in the midst of lowland grass ( well, they looked like grass everywhere lol).
I accidentally spotted it while looking for a spot for personal business in the morning in the woods. hahaha

The Fairy Slipper orchid is so rightly named whoever did so.