RHH's photos with the keyword: hooded ladies'-tresses

Spiranthes romanzoffiana, the Hooded Ladies'-tresses, is one of three Ladies'-tresses found in the state of Washington. The other two are very rare, but this species is quite common. We photographed it at about 5000 feet of elevation along the North Cascades Highway in an open field where it grows by the thousands. It prefers a wet environment but we have found it growing in drier areas as well.

Taken early in the day on our trip to Rainier, this is the Hooded Ladies'-tresses, Spiranthes romanzoffiana, photographed near Longmire and on the Trail of the Shadows.

Another photo of Spiranthes romanzoffiana, Hooded Ladies'-tresses, one of our native orchids. The photo was taken very early in the morning near the Diablo Lake Overlook on North Cascades Highway. Most of the plants were finished flowering at this site when we visited in early August but there were a few decent shots to be had. My wife stayed in the car and slept while I took this and other shots. Further up the mountains the flowers were not as far along and were covered with dew but here it was dry.

I photographed this near Diablo Lake in North Cascades National Park on a trip through the park in early August. The flowers are the Hooded Ladies'-tresses, Spiranthes romanzoffiana. I've submitted the insect to BugGuide.net for identification and it has been suggested that this is a Stilt Bug nymph from the genus Berytidae.

This is another close-up photo of the Ladies'-tresses, Spiranthes romanzoffiana, we photographed last August near Rainy Pass on the North Cascades Highway. There are three Ladies'-tresses in Washington but the other two are very rare.

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.

A close-up of these jewel-like flowers. Photographed at Muddy Meadows in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest near Mount Adams.