RHH's photos with the keyword: terrestrial

I have to catch up my 10x:2014 project, a series of orchid photos on dark backgrounds. This was taken at our recent Mount Baker Orchid Society show, but it is not a flower of mine. The link below shows some of the other orchids from the show and my display as well. Pleione formosana is a terrestrial orchid that can be grown outdoors in mild climates.

Also known as Calanthe striata var. sieboldii, this orchid is a terrestrial plant that is native to east Asia. It was photographed at the Northwest Washington Orchid Society show.

A single flower of the native orchid species shown in the previous photo. Photographed on the grounds of the Au Sable Institute in Coupeville, Washington. Those who are interested might want to check my new blog at: ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/

It is our wedding anniversary today and this picture is dedicated to my wife of of thirty-five years. She is a wonderful lady, mother of eight children, including one handicapped son, now also a grandmother ten times over, my companion through many struggles and trials, and a constant source of encouragement. She's willingly moved away from her own family and moved to New Jersey, to Texas, to Washington and overseas to Northern Ireland. Always willing to help others, she always has time both for her own family and for others and now that our own family is grown she spends a great deal of time visiting and making meals for the elderly and the sick. She is just simply wonderful. She is also my hiking buddy, always ready for a new adventure. She loves backpacking and camping, photography and nature and even though we are both in our mid fifties, loves roughing it including sleeping on the ground in a tent and subsisting on freeze-dried food, trail mix and Gatorade. When hiking she's like the Energizer Bunny - she goes on and on and on, often out-hiking me. This picture of the Fairy Slipper, Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis, was taken on our recent hike along Chiwaukum Creek near Leavenworth, Washington, and is a small tribute to her many talents and abilities. I love you, dear. N.B. A description of our hike can be found at: ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2010/06/chiwaukum-c...

This is one of the native orchids that we go see in Larrabee State Park. The trail to Clayton Beach, a remote area of the park, follows a path through the woods, crosses a railroad track and includes a couple of scrambles down the rocks. This orchid is found above and below the tracks and along them. Epipactis helleborine, the Broad-leaved Helleborine, is not truly a native, but a European import first found in the US in 1878 that has spread all across the northern part of the country and of southern Canada. It is one of two Epipactis species in the Pacific Northwest, the other a true native. nativeorchidsofthepacificnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/10/t...

I posted one of two similar Piperias yesterday. Here is the other. The difference between the spurs is immediately obvious. This one, the Flat-spurred Piperia, has a spur (nectary) that is straight and horizontal. Though its colors are similar to those of the Long-spurred Piperia, the two flowers are very different on close examination. There are actually five Piperia species in Washington and the differences between them can be seen at the link below. nativeorchidsofthepacificnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/10/w...

Here's the Lesser Rattlesnake Orchis in situ near Kinney Lake. We found these while hiking the Berg Lake trail in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia. nativeorchidsofthepacificnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/08/l...