Early Coralroot

This is the tiniest wild Orchid you could imagine seeing. So easy to miss it, unless your eyes are scanning every inch of ground. We saw this particular plant at the Hibernaculum at Shannon Terrace, Fish Creek Park, recently. We also saw one on a beautiful walk today, north west of the city, to a Provincial Park that is yet not open to the public (and probably won't be for another 1-3 years?). How privileged we were to be allowed to botanize this extensive area. It's called the Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park and is incredibly beautiful land. Will add a link to information about it when I get home this evening - I'm about to dash out down a few gravel backroads : ) I can't take one more step, so driving a car sounds just what I need.

"There are 3 to 15 flowers in a loose cluster at stem tip; individual flowers about 1 cm long, yellowish-white to greenish or even purple, 6 floral parts with a white lobed lip (occasionally spotted with purple); appearing early summer.....
Infrequent but widespread; in shaded forest habitats, in thickets, fens, swamps and on streambanks; especially on fresh/moist mineral soils."
www.borealforest.org/herbs/herb10.htm