Is this an Orchid?

[Soonix]

Hi folks,

Yesterday we went on a forest walk and i found a sea of these babies. The leafs look like phaps but i have no idea and i could not find 1 with an open flower. Im just starting to explore the woods, i did find some neat Trilliums

Thanks for looking.

[kiki-do]

It does look like an orchid leaf, but I don't really know.

[jkofferdahl]

Hard to say for sure without a flower.

[Soonix]

Isn't it frustrating?? Any Canadian Nature fanatics out there?

[beelady]

do trout lillies grow up there?
sure looks like one so far..
Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum & albidum)
link has some photos.. i have pink trout lillies here

[calvin_orchidL]

Hey Churny
Lots of bulbous perennials will look similar to orchids due to their monocot-nature. Haven't heard about mottled leaved orchids near our stretch of the 'wood' (literally!) as most of our natives are cypripediums and perhaps epipactis (helleborines). Could this be an Erythronium (dog-tooth violet) - a beautiful non-orchid spring bloomer?

[Soonix]

The Dog Tooth and Trout Lili kind of look like it but not the same or maybe just a different variety. I'll post pics once i work up the enery to throt back into the woods to take pics of the flowers. I'll give them some time to open.
Txs guys.

[ronaldhanko]

My vote is also for an Erythronium (trout lily). They are blooming this time of the year and the double mottled leaves look right.

[ronaldhanko]

Here's photos of three different trout lilies:

Oregon Fawn Lily (Erythronium oregonum) on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum) on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) on Flickr - Photo Sharing!