Platanthera chorisiana

Chamisso's Orchid is one of the rarest of our native orchids. We have looked it for repeatedly in the high-altitude bogs where it grows and have not found it. This plant was found and photographed on Vancouver Island on a recent excursion there under the guidance of Dr. Hans Roemer where we found about fifteen plants of this rare but rather insignificant species. As can be seen from the photo the flowers do not open widely and are in fact self-pollinating.

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