RHH's photos with the keyword: galearis

This is a wild orchid that can carpet the ground in areas where it is found. Once known as Amerorchis, it is now classified as Galeraris, the Small Round-leaf Orchid. These and the flowers in the insets were photographed in Kootenay National Park in British Columbia on 2014 trip there.

This is the whole flowering plant of the Small Round-leaf Orchid. It is about six inches (15 cm) tall and has 4-12 flowers, often growing in patches of hundreds of plants.

At about six kilometers in on our backpacking trip to Berg Lake we stopped along the shore of Kinney Lake at one of our favorite spots for native orchids. They were past their prime but we photographed six different species there including this Small Round-leaf Orchid, Galearis rotundifolia, growing side-by-side with a flower of Mountain Avens, Dryas drummondii. And, since the Mountain Avens is named drummondi, I thought I'd dedicate the photo to Larry Drummond.

Formerly named Amerorchis rotundifolia, this is now Galearis rotundifolia, the Small Round-leaved Orchid. We found this in abundance at one of the sites we visited in Kootenay National Park and found three different varieties. This is variety immaculata with an unspotted lip.

Formerly named Amerorchis rotundifolia, this is now Galearis rotundifolia, the Small Round-leaved Orchid. We found this in abundance at one of the sites we visited in Kootenay National Park and found three different varieties. This is variety lineata with lines or blotches of color on the lip.

Formerly named Amerorchis rotundifolia, this is now Galearis rotundifolia, the Small Round-leaved Orchid. We found this in abundance at one of the sites we visited in Kootenay National Park and found three different varieties. This is the ordinary variety with the spots on the lip.

Formerly named Amerorchis rotundifolia, this is now Galearis rotundifolia, the Small Round-leaved Orchid. We found this in abundance at one of the sites we visited in Kootenay National Park and found three different varieties, all shown in the inset photos. This is the ordinary variety with the spots on the lip.