Cypripedium fasciculatum near Plain

The orchid we were looking for near Plain (see previous post), one of Washington's rarest, was the Brownie or Clustered Lady's Slipper, Cypripedium fasciculatum.  We found it, though only a very few plants which we carefully photographed making sure that we covered our tracks when we were finished, so as to leave no clue we had been there, by way of protecting this rare species.

Corallorhiza maculata near Plain

The same day, June 10th, that we visited Derby Canyon and found the Mountain Lady's Slippers there, we also went on to the area of Plain to look for several orchids.  We found Corallorhiza maculata var. occidentalis, the Western Spotted Coralroot, there also, and have concluded the orchid is nearly ubiquitous in the area of the North Cascades.  These are a few of the pictures we took, though this was not one of the orchids we came to find.