One of our ferry stops on the way to Alaska was in Juneau where we were delayed for over eight hours. We used the time to hike the Spaulding trail and the Auke Nu trail just south of the ferry terminal and found two native orchids along the trail, the Green Bog Orchis, Platanthera huronensis, featured in another post, and the Tall White Northern Bog Orchis, Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata. The latter species grows all over the Pacific Northwest but is always a treat to see. It is also strongly scented and is a delight for that reason also. There are three varieties of this species distinguished by the length of the spur. This variety has a spur that equals the length of the lip. This was our first sighting of the species but we expect to see many more of them before the summer is over and hope to see the other varieties as well.
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