RHH's photos with the keyword: ladies-tresses

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."

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.