Orchid Hunting in Eastern Washington (Part 2)

On our way home from Spokane on June 1st we detoured to the north and visited several places where we had seen different native orchids before.  Our stops were brief since we were somewhat pressed for time, but we had a pleasant day visiting the sites and then traveling home through the mountains.

We did not take a lot of pictures because at one of our stops
the orchid hunting turned into a Morel hunt.

The Morels were everywhere and what we gathered we had for our evening meal.

We did photograph a couple of wildflowers.

Columbia Virgin's Bower

Canada Violet

Heart-leaved Arnica

The orchids we had come to see were:

the Eastern Fairy Slipper

and the Columbia Hybrid Lady's Slipper.

These Lady's Slipper, though some look like the Mountain Lady's Slipper,
others like the Yellow Lady's Slipper, and others clearly intermediate between the two,
are probably all hybrid offspring of the two parents.

Highway 20 through the Cascades and Eastern Washington

We make regular trips to eastern Washington to see our handicapped son and three times this spring and summer we went the longer northern route following Highway 20 through North Cascades National Park and then through some of the northernmost areas of our state before crossing the Columbia River and heading towards Spokane.  These are some of the pictures we've taken along the way.

Washington Pass (late April)

Diablo Lake, North Cascades National Park

(April)

(July)

Sunrise (April)

Glacier Lilies in Washington Pass (April)

Arrowleaf Balsamroot (April)

Ballhead Waterleaf (April)

Upland Larkspur (April)

Slender Bog Orchis (July)

Near Omak (April)

Sinlahekin Wildlife Area (June)

Bitterroot (June)

 Lyall's Mariposa Lily (June)

Scarlet Gilia and Thompson's Paintbrush (June)

 Mountain Lady's Slippers (June)

Columbia Lady's Slipper (June)

Yellow Lady's Slipper (June)

Bonaparte Lake Area (April)

Columbia Virgin's Bower (June)

Unidentified Mushrooms (June)

Eastern Fairy Slipper (June)

Old Cabins (April)

Sherman Pass (April)

Fort Spokane (April)

Camp Growden Memorial (April)

Eastern Washington (April)

California Quail (July)

 Cow Moose (July)

 Western Sheepmoth (July)