Epipactis gigantea Douglas ex Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 202 (1839). Description: Epipactis gigantea. Place of discovery: bot.gard. Photographer: Orchi. Source: Self-photographed. : Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.htmlGFDLGNU Free Documentation Licensetruetrue. : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.:.. This licensing tag was added to this file as part of the GFDL licensing update.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/CC-BY-SA-3.0Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0truetrue.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Stream orchid (Epipactis gigantea), closeup of single flower about 1 1/2 inches wide. At 7,000 ft (2,100 m) in Swall Meadows, Mono County CA, Eastern Sierra Nevada. Date: 28 June 2015, 14:08:44. Source: Own work. Author: Dcrjsr. Camera location37° 30′ 40.6″ N, 118° 38′ 56.36″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 37.511278; -118.648988.
Epipactis gigantea—stream orchid. Epipactis gigantea is the orchid most likely to gain the attention of casual hikers and travelers in western North America given it's propensity to grow in seeps near trails and road cuts. An Asian species, Epipactis royaleana , has been lumped into this species within the last twenty years. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA
Epipactis gigantea—stream orchid. Epipactis gigantea is the orchid most likely to gain the attention of casual hikers and travelers in western North America given it's propensity to grow in seeps near trails and road cuts. An Asian species, Epipactis royaleana , has been lumped into this species within the last twenty years. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA
Epipactis gigantea Douglas ex. Hook. in flowerMay 22, 1984, alcove in Negro Bill Canyon, Grand Co., UtahIn these hanging garden habitats, the "stream orchid" is typically greatly reduced in size.
Epipactis gigantea 'Serpentine Night'—stream orchid. From the California Flora Nursery, Fulton, CA., website: "The stream orchid is found in perennial streams, seepages, or other permanently moist places in California. Spreads by runners and will form a colony producing many flower stems. Each stem holds several orchid blosssoms of subtle orange tones 12 - 18 inches tall. The cultivar ‘Serpentine Night’ has wonderful dark purple foliage, emerging in the spring almost black. As the season progresses the color changes to dark bronze then bronzy green." Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA. The blue color of the serpentine rocks is caused by the reflection of the sky shortly after the orchids had been watered.
Epipactis gigantea Douglas ex Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 202 (1839). Description: Epipactis gigantea. Place of discovery: bot.gard. Photographer: Orchi. Source: Self-photographed. : Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.htmlGFDLGNU Free Documentation Licensetruetrue. : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.:.. This licensing tag was added to this file as part of the GFDL licensing update.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/CC-BY-SA-3.0Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0truetrue.