RHH's photos with the keyword: stricta

This was the only orchid we saw during our time in Glacier National Park, but spending time with family was more important than looking for wildflowers. This is the Slender Bog Orchid, Platanthera stricta, found and photographed near Avalanche Lake..

Acronia stricta or Pleurothallis stricta as it was once named, is from Colombia and Ecuador. The plant is six inches tall with flower spikes again that long. The flowers are three-quarters of an inch.

This is the Slender Bog Orchis, Platanthera stricta, photographed by my wife, who managed to get an Ichneumon wasp in the photo as well. The wap I have not identified further. The photo was taken near Narada Falls on the road from Longmire to Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park, and shows the only orchid we found in park besides a lot of Hooded Ladies'-tresses.

Taken along the Yellowhead Highway between the towns of Blue River and Valemont, this scene is quite typical of the area. There are thousands of bog orchids growing in the ditches and on the banks along the highway, here two species, Platanthera stricta, the Slender Bog Orchis with its green flowers, and Platanthera dilatata, the Tall White Northern Bog Orchis. There are also a few Indian Paintbrush mixed in with the orchids.

Platanthera x estesii, Estes Rein Orchis, is a natural hybrid of the white Platanthera dilatata and the green Platanthera stricta. We found this growing with one of the parents near White Dome Geyser in Yellowstone National Park. The spur (not visible), the color of the flowers and the lip all led to this identification, though the green-flowered Platantheras are notoriously difficult to tell apart.

This is almost certainly Estes Rein Orchis, Platanthera x estesii, a natural hybrid of Platanthera dilatata and Platanthera stricta, photographed along the Yellowhead Highway in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, on a recent trip to Edmonton to see family. This plant was growing in every wet, boggy area along the highway, and though common is nevertheless beautiful with its masses of greenish-white flowers. nativeorchidsofthepacificnorthwest.blogspot.com/2011/08/p...

A small plant from Colombia and Ecuador with tall spikes of these odd flowers. It is also known as Pleurothallis stricta.

This, the Slender Bog Orchis, is another of the native orchids we saw while hiking in the Greenwater area to the north of Mount Rainier. The species is very common in our area, but I took the photo for the sake of the insect that was working the flowers, some sort of fly, and am hoping that it can be identified. nativeorchidsofthepacificnorthwest.blogspot.com/2011/03/s...