Western Fairy-Slipper (Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis)
Full view of the western fairy slipper orchid (including single leaf) that has just passed it's peak, and the fading pink becomes almost white. This one was found where evergreen forest opened in to pine forest on a mountain slope in Chelan County, Washington.
- Copyright
- © 2012
- Image Size
- 2185x3290 / 5.7MB
- Keywords
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America, Angiosperms, Asparagales, C. bulbosa, Calypso, Calypso bulbosa, Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis, Calypso orchid, Calypsoeae, Chelan County, Epidendroideae, Lake Wenatchee, Monocots, Orchidaceae, Pacific Fairy Slipper, Pacific NW, Pacific Northwest, Plantae, USA, United States, Venus's slipper, Washington, Western Coralroot, beautiful, beauty, bloom, blooming, blooms, blossom, blossoms, botany, bud, color, deer's-head, fairy slipper, fairy-slipper, field, flora, floral, flower, flowers, fresh, green, habitat, macro, native, natural, nature, occidentalis, pink, plant, plants, purple, spring, summer, terrestrial, western fairy-slipper, wild, wildflowers
- Contained in galleries
- Calypsoeae
