RHH's photos with the keyword: spotted

Foxglove (Digitalis hybrid).

In Explore May 25, 2009, #202 (highest). Published in an article on the website of the American Orchid Society: www.aos.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=78... We did some hiking today (Memorial Day) in the Chuckanuts and I found two plants of this native orchid species.

In Explore June 8, 2009, #234. A single flower of this rare species. Published in an article on the website of the American Orchid Society: www.aos.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=78...

In Explore June 8, 2009, #290. Published in an article on the website of the American Orchid Society: www.aos.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=78... Saturday, June 6, 2009, the Washington Native Orchid Society had a field trip to Whidbey Island in the San Juans. Under the guidance of Chelsea Kieffer from Maryland we examined a new location for this very rare orchid, found only in two locations in western Washington and first described as a new species in 2001. We not only saw this rare species but two other more common Coralroots, a Listera, a Goodyera and some Calypsos (these had gone to seed as had the Listera).

In Explore June 11, 2009, #239. This is the third species of Coralroot we saw on our field trip with the WNOS.

"It was spattered with hundreds and hundreds of burgundy flecks. The flecks were slightly ovoid, and they were clustered in curving rows so that they looked as if they had been painted on as the flower spun around. Staring at the pattern of the flecks was dizzying. Staring at it for a long time was hypnotizing." Susan Orlean, The Orchid Thief In Explore June 20, 2009, #438.

Photographed at the Vancouver Aquarium during a recent visit there. More photos from the Aquarium can be found here: ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2010/12/vancouver-a...

This is the Western Spotted Coralroot, distinguished from the ordinary Spotted Coralroot by the shape of the lip. All the Coralroots are leafless and without chlorophyll, deriving their nourishment via a fungus from decaying plant material in the soil. As usual we are out orchid hunting at every opportunity and this was photographed during an afternoon walk in Sehome Hill Arboretum in Bellingham, next door to Western Washington University. We found three orchids in the Arboretum that day, including several Fairy Slippers and some Striped Coralroots. nativeorchidsofthepacificnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/05/t...