Hooded Ladies'-tresses

Hooded Ladies'-tresses, Spiranthes romanzoffiana, like wet meadows and that is where we found these, in as wet meadow along the Madison River in Yellowstone National Park. In fact we found them in several of the geyser basins as well and along the Gibbon River. The common name, Ladies'-tresses, refers to the braided appearance of the flower spikes, not very evident in this picture.