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Chunky Gal Mtn. - Wildflowers 2025 Platanthera psycodes Early June 2025 |
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Chunky Gal Mtn. - Wildflowers 2025 Platanthera psycodes Early June 2025 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2023) |
| On June 2, I made my way up the mountain to check on the Small Purple Fringed Orchids and other plants. The orchids were a couple of days past peak bloom, but still looking quite nice. |
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| Small Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera psycodes) |
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| Small Purple Fringed Orchid |
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| Small Purple Fringed Orchid |
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| Platanthera psycodes, detail of individual flower. |
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| Small Purple Fringed Orchid This one was growing just beneath a fallen tree trunk. |
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| One more Small Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera psycodes), probably the largest and densest influorescence that I found. |
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| Mountain Meadow Rue (Thalictrum clavatum) |
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| Indian Cumber Root (Medeola virginiana) |
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| Four-Leaf Milkweed (Asclepias quadrifolia) |
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| This flower of a Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) had fallen onto a young hemlock. |
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| Early Meadow-Rue (Thalictrum dioicum) |
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| Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) |
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| Galax (Galax urceolata) |
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| I took a different route back to my truck than when I climbed the mountain. Going through a tunnel of mountain laurel, I came across the largest group of Ghost Flowers (aka Indian Pipes, or Ghost Pipes) that I've ever seen. Within a 20 foot span, I saw about 15 good sized clumps emerging from the duff, and many dozens of singles, pairs, trios, etc. I'm sure there were more, but I just photographed a few clumps. |
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| Monotropa uniflora (Ghost Flowers, aka Indian Pipes, Ghost Pipes). You can see a couple of other clumps in the background. |
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| Monotropa uniflora |
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| Monotropa uniflora |
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| Monotropa uniflora |