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In July 2009 the Nelson family drove from their home in NYC to Washington, Oregon, California, Utah and Colorado to look for wild orchids. A lot of great adventures were had and 32 species and varieties were found. These images represent most of the species seen.
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Cypripedium cailfornicum Cook & Green Pass, Siskiyou Mts, Ca. 7/4/09
Cypripedium cailfornicum Cook & Green Pass, Siskiyou Mts, Ca. 7/4/09		 Cypripedium californicum Cook & Green Pass, Ca. 7/4/09
Cypripedium californicum Cook & Green Pass, Ca. 7/4/09		 Cypripedim californicum Cook & Green Pass, Ca. 7/4/09
Cypripedim californicum Cook & Green Pass, Ca. 7/4/09		 Cypripedium californicum Middle Fork Smith River, Ca. 7/15/09
Cypripedium californicum Middle Fork Smith River, Ca. 7/15/09
Cypripedium californicum Middle Fork Smith River, Ca. 7/15/09
Cypripedium californicum Middle Fork Smith River, Ca. 7/15/09		 Cypripedium californicum ibid
Cypripedium californicum ibid		 Cypripedium californicum ibid
Cypripedium californicum ibid		 Cypripedium californicum group. Middle Fork Smith River, Ca. 7/6/09
Cypripedium californicum group. Middle Fork Smith River, Ca. 7/6/09
Tom Nelson with Cypripedium californicum & Platanthera sparsiflora. Middle Fork Smith River, Ca. 7/6/09
Tom Nelson with Cypripedium californicum & Platanthera sparsiflora. Middle Fork Smith River, Ca. 7/6/09		 Cypripedium californicum Middle Fork Smith River, Ca. 7/15/09
Cypripedium californicum Middle Fork Smith River, Ca. 7/15/09		 Cypripedium californicum with masses of Platanthera sparsiflora. Middle Fork Smith River, Ca. 7/6/09
Cypripedium californicum with masses of Platanthera sparsiflora. Middle Fork Smith River, Ca. 7/6/09		 Cypripedium californicum with Platanthera sparsiflora. ibid
Cypripedium californicum with Platanthera sparsiflora. ibid
Cypripedium californicum Middle Fork Smith River, Ca. 7/6/09
Cypripedium californicum Middle Fork Smith River, Ca. 7/6/09		 Cypripedium fasciculatum Uinta Mts, Utah. 7/1/09
Cypripedium fasciculatum Uinta Mts, Utah. 7/1/09		 Cypripedium fasciculatum ibid
Cypripedium fasciculatum ibid		 Cypripedium fasciculatum with golden - reddish flowers, sized. Uinta Mts, Utah. 7/1/09
Cypripedium fasciculatum with golden - reddish flowers, sized. Uinta Mts, Utah. 7/1/09
Cypripedium fasciculatum cluster of plants. Uinta Mts, Utah. 7/1/09
Cypripedium fasciculatum cluster of plants. Uinta Mts, Utah. 7/1/09		 Cypripedium fasciculatum reddish flower. Uintah Mts, Utah. 7/1/09
Cypripedium fasciculatum reddish flower. Uintah Mts, Utah. 7/1/09		 Cypripedium fasciculatum ibid
Cypripedium fasciculatum ibid		 Cypripedium fasciculatum ibid
Cypripedium fasciculatum ibid
Cypripedium fasciculatum ibid
Cypripedium fasciculatum ibid		 Cypripedium fasciculatum ibid
Cypripedium fasciculatum ibid		 Corallorhiza maculata var.occidentalis at the same site as Cypripedium fasciculatum. Uintah Mts, Utah. 7/1/09
Corallorhiza maculata var.occidentalis at the same site as Cypripedium fasciculatum. Uintah Mts, Utah. 7/1/09		 Corallorhiza maculata var. occidentalis.
Corallorhiza maculata var. occidentalis.
Cephalanthera austiniae Cook & Green Pass, Ca 7/4/09
Cephalanthera austiniae Cook & Green Pass, Ca 7/4/09		 Cephalanthera austiniae Cook & Green Pass, Ca 7/4/09
Cephalanthera austiniae Cook & Green Pass, Ca 7/4/09		 Cephalanthera austiniae w. crab spider. 2009 Klamath, Mts Ca. 7/16/09
Cephalanthera austiniae w. crab spider. 2009 Klamath, Mts Ca. 7/16/09		 Corallorhiza mertensiana Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa 7/13/09
Corallorhiza mertensiana Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa 7/13/09
Corallorhiza mertensiana Mt Hood, Ore. 7/9/09
Corallorhiza mertensiana Mt Hood, Ore. 7/9/09		 Corallorhiza mertensiana Mt Hood, Ore. 7/9/09
Corallorhiza mertensiana Mt Hood, Ore. 7/9/09		 Johanna Nelson, age 10, with Corallorhiza mertensiana. Mt. Hood, Ore. 7/9/09
Johanna Nelson, age 10, with Corallorhiza mertensiana. Mt. Hood, Ore. 7/9/09		 Cypripedium montanum near John Day, Ore. 7/8/09
Cypripedium montanum near John Day, Ore. 7/8/09
Cypripedium montanum near John Day Ore. 7/8/09
Cypripedium montanum near John Day Ore. 7/8/09		 Cypripedium montanum ibid
Cypripedium montanum ibid		 Cypripedium montanum ibid
Cypripedium montanum ibid		 Cypripedium montanum ibid
Cypripedium montanum ibid
Epipactis gigantea Mono Lake, Ca 7/22/09
Epipactis gigantea Mono Lake, Ca 7/22/09		 Epipactis gigantea Mono Lake, Ca 7/22/09
Epipactis gigantea Mono Lake, Ca 7/22/09		 Epipactis gigantea Mono Lake, Ca 7/22/09
Epipactis gigantea Mono Lake, Ca 7/22/09		 Listera banksiana entire plant. Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa. 7/13/09
Listera banksiana entire plant. Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa. 7/13/09
Listera banksiana Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa. 7/13/09
Listera banksiana Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa. 7/13/09		 Listera banksiana, close-up. Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa. 7/13/09
Listera banksiana, close-up. Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa. 7/13/09		 Listera banksiana habitat. Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa. 7/13/09
Listera banksiana habitat. Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa. 7/13/09		 Listera banksiana, emerging plant. Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa 7/13/09
Listera banksiana, emerging plant. Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa 7/13/09
Piperia candida Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa 9/12/09
Piperia candida Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa 9/12/09		 Piperia candida, ibid
Piperia candida, ibid		 Piperia candida entire plant. ibid
Piperia candida entire plant. ibid		 Tom Nelson photographing Piperia candida. Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa 7/12/09
Tom Nelson photographing Piperia candida. Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa 7/12/09
Piperia unalascensis forma olympica - top of Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park, Ca 7/12/09
Piperia unalascensis forma olympica - top of Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park, Ca 7/12/09		 Piperia unalascensis forma olympica. Olympic nat'l Park, Wa 7/12/09
Piperia unalascensis forma olympica. Olympic nat'l Park, Wa 7/12/09		 Johanna points to Piperia unalascensis forma olympica, growing in alpine conditions.
Johanna points to Piperia unalascensis forma olympica, growing in alpine conditions.		 Piperia transversa Yosemite Nat'l Park, Ca 7/21/09
Piperia transversa Yosemite Nat'l Park, Ca 7/21/09
Piperia transversa Yosemite Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/21/09
Piperia transversa Yosemite Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/21/09		 Piperia transversa, ibid
Piperia transversa, ibid		 Piperia transversa White Salmon, Wa 7/10/09
Piperia transversa White Salmon, Wa 7/10/09		 Piperia transversa Yosemite Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/21/09
Piperia transversa Yosemite Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/21/09
Tom zooms in on Piperia transversa. Yosemite Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/21/09
Tom zooms in on Piperia transversa. Yosemite Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/21/09		 Piperia yadonii SFB Morse Botanical Preserve, Pebble Beach, Ca. 7/19/09
Piperia yadonii SFB Morse Botanical Preserve, Pebble Beach, Ca. 7/19/09		 Piperia yadonii ibid
Piperia yadonii ibid		 Piperia yadonii ibid
Piperia yadonii ibid
Piperia yadonii sized.
Piperia yadonii sized.		 Piperia yadonii sized.
Piperia yadonii sized.		 Piperia yadonii habitat. SFB Morse Preserve, Ca. 7/20/09
Piperia yadonii habitat. SFB Morse Preserve, Ca. 7/20/09		 Piperia colemanii close-up.
Piperia colemanii close-up.
Piperia colemanii Yosemite National Park, Ca. 7/21/09
Piperia colemanii Yosemite National Park, Ca. 7/21/09		 Tom photographing Piperia colemanii and P. transversa. Yosemite Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/21/09
Tom photographing Piperia colemanii and P. transversa. Yosemite Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/21/09		 Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata Mono Lake, Ca. 7/22/09
Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata Mono Lake, Ca. 7/22/09		 Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata ibid
Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata ibid
Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata ibid
Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata ibid		 Platanthere dilatata var. dilatata ibid
Platanthere dilatata var. dilatata ibid		 Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata with tufa formations. Mono Lake, Ca. 7/22/09
Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata with tufa formations. Mono Lake, Ca. 7/22/09		 Platanthera dilatata with Lilium columbianum. Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa. 7/12/09
Platanthera dilatata with Lilium columbianum. Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa. 7/12/09
A meadow brimming with Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata. Ochoco Mts Ore. 7/8/09
A meadow brimming with Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata. Ochoco Mts Ore. 7/8/09		 Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata Ochoco Mts Ore. 7/8/09
Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata Ochoco Mts Ore. 7/8/09		 Masses of Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata. Ochoco Mts Ore. 7/8/09
Masses of Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata. Ochoco Mts Ore. 7/8/09		 Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata giant-sized specimen, 36 tall! Lassen Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/3/09
Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata giant-sized specimen, 36" tall! Lassen Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/3/09
Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata with Lilium pardalinum var. shastense. Lassen Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/3/09
Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata with Lilium pardalinum var. shastense. Lassen Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/3/09		 Platanthera dilatata var. leucostacys Olympic Nat'l park, Wa. 7/12/09
Platanthera dilatata var. leucostacys Olympic Nat'l park, Wa. 7/12/09		 Platanthera dilatata var. leucostacys ibid.
Platanthera dilatata var. leucostacys ibid.		 Platanthera dilatata var. leucostacys ibid.
Platanthera dilatata var. leucostacys ibid.
Platanthera sparsiflora Lassen Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/3/09
Platanthera sparsiflora Lassen Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/3/09		 Platanthera sparsiflora ibid.
Platanthera sparsiflora ibid.		 Platanthera sparsiflora, habitat. Middle Fork Smith River, Ca 7/6/09
Platanthera sparsiflora, habitat. Middle Fork Smith River, Ca 7/6/09		 Platanthera stricta Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa. 7/12/09
Platanthera stricta Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa. 7/12/09
Platanthera stricta with Mimulus guttatum. Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa. 7/12/09
Platanthera stricta with Mimulus guttatum. Olympic Nat'l Park, Wa. 7/12/09		 Platanthera tescamnis Mono Lake, Ca. 7/22/09
Platanthera tescamnis Mono Lake, Ca. 7/22/09		 Platanthera tescamnis ibid.
Platanthera tescamnis ibid.		 Platanthera tescamnis ibid.
Platanthera tescamnis ibid.
Platanthera yosemitensis Yosemite Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/21/09
Platanthera yosemitensis Yosemite Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/21/09		 Platanthera yosemitensis ibid.
Platanthera yosemitensis ibid.		 Platanthera yosemitensis with backlighting.
Platanthera yosemitensis with backlighting.		 Platanthera yosemitensis in the afternoon sun.
Platanthera yosemitensis in the afternoon sun.
Platanthera huronensis Leadville, Co. 7/25/09
Platanthera huronensis Leadville, Co. 7/25/09		 Platanthera huronensis ibid.
Platanthera huronensis ibid.		 Platanthera huronensis with Castelleja occidentalis. Leadville, Co. 7/25/09
Platanthera huronensis with Castelleja occidentalis. Leadville, Co. 7/25/09		 Platanthera purpurascens close-up.
Platanthera purpurascens close-up.
Platanthera purpurascens Eldora, Co. 7/25/09
Platanthera purpurascens Eldora, Co. 7/25/09		 Spiranthes stellata Yosemite Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/21/09
Spiranthes stellata Yosemite Nat'l Park, Ca. 7/21/09		 Spiranthes stellata ibid.
Spiranthes stellata ibid.		 Spiranthes diluvialis Boulder Co. 7/25/09
Spiranthes diluvialis Boulder Co. 7/25/09
Spiranthes diluvialis ibid
Spiranthes diluvialis ibid
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