Three orchid species and other interesting flora in Butterfly Valley Botanical Area, Plumas County, California — 2013-06-13

The last location we visited on our Native Orchid Conference field trip schedule was Butterfly Valley Botanical Area, a 500-acre site in Plumas County, California. Our field trip guide had told us that we should expect to see Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys or Sierra Bog orchid, Neottia (formerly Listera) convallarioides or Broadlipped or Broadleaved Twayblade

Corallorhiza maculata (Spotted Coralroot orchid) and Corallorhiza striata (Striped Coralroot orchid) in the Genesee Valley, Plumas County, California — 2013-06-11

The final stop on the first day of our field trips was on top of a mountain in an area called Genesee Valley, Plumas County, California. Here we saw three orchid species: Corallorhiza maculata variety maculata or Spotted Coralroot orchid, Corallorhiza striata variety striata or Striped Coralroot orchid, and Cyprpiedium montanum or Mountain Lady’s-slipper orchid

Epipactis gigantea (Stream orchid) in Plumas County, California — 2013-06-11

The second stop on the first day of our field trips was just down the road a few miles from the California Lady’s-slipper orchid site. We were told that we would see a fairly common, but none-the-less stunning Epipactis gigantea or Stream orchid. It is also called the Chatterbox orchid. Both common names are well-given.

The Phantom orchid (Cephalanthera austiniae) in Plumas County, California — 2013-06-11

On both the first and second day of this year’s Native Orchid Conference symposium, we visited sites for the strange and beautiful Cephalanthera austiniae or Phantom orchid. Warning: Technical stuff follows… This particular genus, Cephalanthera, contains a handfull of species of which all but one are found in old world regions of Europe, Asia, and

More Orchids and Carnivorous Plants in North Georgia — 2013-06-02

It seems like I’m spending a great deal more time botanizing in north Georgia these days than I am in either South Carolina (my headquarters) or North Carolina. But that’s OK. I think it was Sir Edmond Hillary who said the following when asked why he wanted to climb Mt. Everest, “Because it’s there!” That’s good

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