RHH's photos with the keyword: skunk cabbage

This Skunk Cabbage is in a different genus from the yellow-flowered Skunk Cabbage we have in Washington. It stinks just as badly, though.

This Skunk Cabbage does not grow in Washington. It was photographed in Michigan in a park near Grand Rapids called The Ravines.

We have a Skunk Cabbage in Washington but it has yellow upright spathes very unlike this with its brown and green "flowers" down at the base of the plant. This was photographed in The Ravines, a park in western Michigan near Grand Rapids, and I am posting it this evening because I am not at home and probably will not be able to post anything tomorrow morning. I have been out orchid hunting all day and will be doing the same at least part of the day tomorrow. It was a reasonably successful day. I visited three locations, hiked about six miles, and found six different orchids if one counts the different varieties as well as the different species. My apologies, too, for the delay in responding to comments - just haven't had time today.

This Skunk Cabbage, photographed in western Michigan in the Grand Rapids Ravines Park, is very different from the Skunk Cabbage we have in Washington, and a different genus as well. This is the spathe and the flowers are the small white objects inside.

Taken in Lake Padden Park near Bellingham, this is a photo of Red Alders and Skunk Cabbage growing and blooming in a marshy area between the lake and Padden Ridge. The area is a nice place for day hiking and orchid hunting, though none of the native orchids were blooming yet when this picture was taken.

Western Skunk Cabbage, Lysichiton americanus, is a plant of wet and boggy areas. It lives up to its name, emitting a foul odor when in bloom. It is a very common plant and blooms early in the spring, but the leaves continue to grow and persist throughout the summer. This example was photographed in the swampy areas around Lake Padden.

Another photo of my wife's from our Fragrance Lake hike. There are two things she can't pass up, a fungus or a Skunk Cabbage when it's in bloom. I just hope that doesn't say anything about me. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-wet-walk-...