And, to be clear, only those that we found in the Bow Valley Provincial Park are in this post. So this is not an extensive list of Alberta Wildflowers by any means.
Today I am going to post the exotic wild orchids that grow in our moist woodland bogs. I’m a bit short on time but got these post processed at least. And I’m pretty sure it is going to take me weeks to identify what I did get. Some I know, others, not so much.
The first two are the Yellow Lady Slipper. They were so abundant where we were that I ended up with close to 75 pictures of these guys alone. I know, a bit overboard, but it is digital and I did scrap about 50% of them!
These white Orchids are called Sparrow’s Egg Lady Slipper. We only came across two stands of them I believe and I only ended up with two images worth looking at.
OOO, talk about exotic (well, at least in my mind)! This is the Striped Coral Root Orchid. Kim and I both thought it was a spent flower of some sort and would have walked by without a second look if it hadn’t been for two very lovely gentlemen (at separate sightings) that actually knew what they were doing and looking at out there!
This is a bit closer look at the flower. Apparently, according to my book, by R.G.H. Cormack, which is very old, there is also a Spotted Coral Root Orchid as well as a Pale Coral Root Orchid – now that I think of it I may have some pictures of the Pale one. Stay tuned… next week maybe???
