Hooded Ladies' Tresses

Yellowstone National Park has everything, even orchids. This example of Hooded Ladies' Tresses was photographed around the hot springs of the Fountain Paint Pots area of Yellowstone. It like wet areas and seems to like the warm waters of the hot springs especially. Fountain Paint Pots is an area of thermal activity on the west side of the lower loop of Yellowstone's main road between Gibbon Falls and Norris Junction. We are continuing our tour of Yellowstone and have arrived at the Paint Pots, but some flowers from that area before the Paint Pots themselves. The flowers were photographed at different times of the year and on different trips to Yellowstone.