Earlier this month, an acquaintance told me where he had found a spotted coralroot in Kokanee Creek Provincial Park. I had not yet seen this wild orchid and so followed his directions carefully. It had vanished and repeated searches turned up nothing.
Nothing, that is, until today when at a different location in the park, I was showing my nine-year-old grandson a mountain lady’s slipper and he spotted another “pretty flower.” It was the first of four spotted-coralroot plants he found.
Here are two views of the seventh local wild orchid I have managed to photograph.
