Popular Wildflowers of Coastal British Columbia and Vancouver Island by Jennings Neil L.;

Popular Wildflowers of Coastal British Columbia and Vancouver Island by Jennings Neil L.;

Author:Jennings, Neil L.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RMB Rocky Mountain Books


Alaska Rein Orchid

Piperia unalascensis

Orchid Family

This orchid grows up to 90 cm tall from an egg-shaped tuber at low to mid-elevations in dry to moist forests and on dry, rocky open slopes. The plant has two to five lance-shaped basal leaves up to 15 cm long and 4 cm wide which usually wither before the flowers bloom. The inflorescence is a spirally arranged, spike-like raceme at the top of the stem. The small greenish to white flowers are moderately fragrant, and have a triangular lip with a spur of about equal size.



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