RHH's photos with the keyword: muddy meadows

These were photographed at Muddy Meadows on the north side of Mount Adams. We had been looking for the related but rarer species, the Northern Ladies'-Tresses (Spiranthes porrifolia), which we did not find, but did find this species. Published in the April, 2011, issue of Orchids, the magazine of the American Orchid Society, in an article titled, "Taking Aim."

Photographed at Muddy Meadows in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest north of Mount Adams. Photographed by my wife.

These orchids are named Ladies-Tresses on account of the arrangement of the flowers which spiral around the stem giving a braided look to the flower spikes.

In Explore August 10, 2009, #434. Photograph taken by my wife. Mount Adams is one of a chain of active volcanos in the Cascade Range. In Washington these volcanos are Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams.

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