RHH's photos with the keyword: adams

Two weeks ago we went to Mount Saint Helens and Mount Adams. We had planned on doing some hiking at Mount Saint Helens, but were in the middle of heat wave and decided against the hiking. Instead we did some sight-seeing by car in the area of Mount Saint Helens and went on to Mount Adams where we did some orchid hunting. We didn't find the rare orchid we were looking for but did find several others including the species shown in the other pictures I've posted.

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.

Photographed near Lake Elizabeth in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the area of Skykomish, Washington. Keys to the identification of this species are the inflated spur and yellowish lip. This was published in the April, 2011, issue of Orchids, the magazine of the American Orchid Society, in an article titled "Taking Aim."

This is an older photo taken in the Muddy Meadows area of Mount Adams. Spiranthes romanzoffiana, the Hooded Ladies' Tresses, is named for the braided appearance of the flower spike. These will soon be in bloom in the areas where they can be found. They are less than a foot tall and so are easily missed, but are lovely at close range. nativeorchidsofthepacificnorthwest.blogspot.com/2011/04/h...