Wild orchids
Amongst the most evolved of plants, this family fascinates by its diversity (more than thirty thousand species world-wide) and sometimes by the intricate tactics they have evolved to attract pollinizing insects. Here is a selection of wild species that can be found in Eastern Canada.
Grass-pink (La Grande Plée Bleue, Québec)
Grass-pink (La Grande Plée Bleue, Québec)
Grass-pink (La Grande Plée Bleue, Québec)
Grass-pink (Les Sillons, Magdalen Islands)
Spotted coralroot (Tadoussac, Québec)
Spotted coralroot (Tadoussac, Québec)
Spotted coralroot (Tadoussac, Québec)
Pink lady's-slipper (Sainte-Foy, Québec)
Pink lady's-slipper (Centre Touristique Duschesnay)
Pink lady's-slipper (Sainte-Foy, Québec)
Ram's head lady's-slipper (Sainte-Foy, Québec)
Pink lady's-slipper (Sainte-Foy, Québec)
Yellow lady's-slipper (Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland)
Yellow lady's-slipper (Minganie, Québec)
Yellow lady's-slipper (Miguasha, Québec)
Yellow lady's-slipper (Minganie, Québec)
Showy lady's-slipper (Charlesbourg, Québec)
Showy lady's-slipper (Charlesbourg, Québec)
Showy lady's-slipper (Purdon's Conservation Area, Ontario)
Showy lady's-slipper (Gros Morne National Park)
Dragon's mouth (Minganie, Québec)
Broad-leaved helleborine (Sainte-Foy, Québec)
Broad-leaved helleborine (Sainte-Foy, Québec)
Small round-leaved orchid (Minganie, Québec)
Small round-leaved orchid (Minganie, Québec)
White fringed orchid (La Grande Plée Bleue, Québec)
White fringed orchid (La Grande Plée Bleue, Québec)
Ragged-fringed orchid (Étang-du-Nord, Québec)
Ragged-fringed orchid (Étang-du-Nord, Québec)
Ragged-fringed orchid (Étang-du-Nord, Québec)
Ragged-fringed orchid (Étang-du-Nord, Québec)
Small purple fringed orchid (Havre-Aubert, Québec)
Small purple fringed orchid (La Mauricie National Park)
Rose pogonia (La Mauricie National Park)
Nodding lady's tresses (Marais Léon-Provencher, Québec)
Nodding lady's tresses (Marais Léon-Provencher, Québec)
Northern slender lady's-tresses (Stittsville, Ontario)