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Chunky Gal Mtn. - Wildflowers and more... Spring 2020, Album 2 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2020) |
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Chunky Gal Mtn. - Wildflowers and more... Spring 2020, Album 2 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2020) |
| I wanted to check the status of some orchids I had seen growing here last fall. It was a rather soggy mid-May day: |
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| I located the targeted orchids, they were just in bud; probably Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera psycodes). There is a pretty nice population of these growing here... |
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| I was still seeing Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis) Every time I think these are bloomed out for the season, I find another freshly flowered plant. |
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| Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) |
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| Narrowleaf Cow Wheat (Melampyrum lineare) |
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| Colorful leaf of Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum) |
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| Returning a week later, I found many orchids opening their flowers, and one plant at almost peak bloom: |
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| Platanthera psycodes in bud |
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| Another plant, just opening its flowers |
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| I found one nice inflorescence nearing its peak |
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| Flower detail |
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| I was still seeing some Speckled Wood Lily (Clintonia umbellulata) |
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| Wood Betony (Pedicularis canadensis) |
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| Indian Cucumber Root (Medeola virginiana) |
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| Another week passed, and I was hoping to see these orchids at full bloom: |
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| Ahhh, lovely! |
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Several examples of these beauties follow: |
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| A nice pair of small racemes |
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| P. psycodes in habitat |
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| Flower detail |
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| I took a different route on my return, and found a few more interesting things: |
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| Broad-leaf Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum canadense) |
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| I saw quite a few American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) plants coming into bloom. |
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| Darlington's Glade Spurge (Euphorbia purpurea) going to seed. |
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| Tassel Rue (Trautvetteria caroliniensis) growing along a creek. |
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| I think this big old stump is from an American Chestnut (Castanea dentata). |