Goodyera pubescens (Wisconsin's Mill Bluff State Park)
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Downy Rattlesnake Plantain orchids (Goodyera pubescens) My next wild orchid encounter happened while hiking through Mill Bluff State Park in Wisconsin. A cluster of Goodyera pubescens (Downy Rattlesnake Plantain orchid) was in full bloom right next to one of the lightly trafficked trails. There are four species of Goodyera orchids native to North America: G. pubescens, G. oblongifolia,  G. repens, G. tesselata. As I travelled west, I luckily had the chance to encounter a couple different Goodyera species! https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=GOPU Also known ..read more
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Epipactis helleborine (Michigan's Upper Peninsula)
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Epipactis helleborine I came across this native orchid almost entirely by happenstance. I had stopped at a beach access point to look over at a placid Lake Michigan coastline.  Although many different flowers were growing along the coast, one particular shrub caught my eye.  There was something different, something familiar about it.  I jumped the fence to get close, and my suspicions were confirmed—this was, in fact, a wild orchid! Further observation identified it as Epipactis helleborine. Lake Michigan shoreline--E. helleborine was growing just to the left out of vi ..read more
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Maria's Orchids moves west!
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After almost a decade spent living in NYC, I am moving to the opposite coast.  A journey that covers 14 states and almost 4000 driven miles, with stops in nearly a dozen state and national parks across this beautiful landscape. In the next series of posts, I will spotlight some of the wild orchids I encountered along this journey of a lifetime ..read more
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