Cypripedium californicum (California Lady's-slipper orchid)

Our first stop on the first day of our Native Orchid Conference field trips was to a wet, wooded area along Caribou Road in Plumas County, California. Here we saw a very nice population of Cypripedium californicum or California Lady's-slipper orchid. This species can have up to twenty small white flowers on each stem. In addition, we found many Lilium pardalinum or Leopard Lily plants. We were to see many more of them during the day -- present in almost all of the wet, seepy areas we passed...

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