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I’m Waiting! I’m hoping I can remember where this plant is in a month or so. I want to go back and see the flowers which I have never seen. Canada,Geotagged,Goodyera oblongifolia,Summer,western rattlesnake plantain Click/tap to enlarge PromotedCountry intro

I’m Waiting!

I’m hoping I can remember where this plant is in a month or so. I want to go back and see the flowers which I have never seen.

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  1. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    Awesome! I keep track of Goodyera pubescens plants here and usually catch them in bloom late in July:
    Downy Rattlesnake Plantain An evergreen orchid with horizontal rhizomes that grow low to the ground. The roots have a mycorrhizal relationship with fungi, which helps the plant acquire moisture and ­nutrients, while the plant provides the products of its photosynthesis to the fungus. The green, variegated leaves are quite striking and resemble the skin of a snake, hence the common name. Leaves are present year-round and grow as a basal rosette. The inflorescence stems are densely downy. The flower stalks produce numerous small, white flowers in a terminal spike. The entire plant was approximately 2 feet tall. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain,Downy rattlesnake plantain,Geotagged,Goodyera,Goodyera pubescens,Summer,United States,orchid
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    1. View gary fast's profile
      gary fast
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      Christine, thanks. Yes, I may have to wait till the end of July beginning of August... as long as the deer don’t find them first! Posted 6 years ago
      1. View Christine Young's profile
        Christine Young
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        Good luck :-D Posted 6 years ago

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The western rattlesnake plantain

''Goodyera oblongifolia'' is a species of orchid known by the common names western rattlesnake plantain and giant rattlesnake plantain. It is native to much of North America, particularly in the mountains of the western United States and Canada, from Alaska to northern Mexico, as well as in the Great Lakes region, Maine, Quebec and the Canadian Maritime Provinces.

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Similar species: Agaves, Aloes, Onions
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Uploaded Jul 9, 2019. Captured Jul 8, 2019 13:56 in Hanks Beach, hanks beach cortes island, Canada.
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  • E-M5MarkII
  • f/7.1
  • 1/80s
  • ISO1600
  • 60mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.