Orchids
Globally, there are more than 30,000 orchid species. Canada is home to 77 of these species. Ontario has 61 varieties of orchids, and of these, 44 can be found in the Bruce Peninsula.
A selection of interesting orchids on the Bruce Peninsula:
Yellow Lady's Slipper — Cypripedium parviflorum Nodding Ladies' Tresses — Spiranthes cernua
- Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid — Platanthera leucophaea
- Ram's-Head Lady's-Slipper — Cypripedium arietinum
- European Common Twayblade — Neottia ovata
- Helleborine — Epipactis helleborine
Read more about this topic: Bruce Peninsula, Wildflowers and Orchids
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So many miles you might have walked you won’t walk.
You haven’t run your forty orchids down.”
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