Platanthera clavellata

- Platanthera clavellata
- Platanthère Claviforme
- Northern Club-Spur orchis, Green Woodland orchid
 

Probably exhausted from our hiking in the Tablelands, the slow motion on our way back allowed us to discover small yellow flowers, amongst other high herbs, that had a peculiar appearance.  A closer look confirmed that they were actually orchids, the platanthera clavellata. (Of course, there was no tag there in the soil and we only found out the name later...) A lot less spectacular than plathantera psychodes, platanthera clavellata still has some charm.  

You can find plathantera clavellata in all eastern Canada, in moist environments. Our colony grew in high altitude, under direct sunlight, continually swept by wind, in a damp peaty environment.