17 July 2009

A Positive ID

The aforementioned photo of the mystery orchid actually turned out to be Chimaphila maculata, Striped Wintergreen.

Good job Mom!

2 comments:

Denny and Sue said...

i think my field guide said "striped wintergreen." we don't want to confuse any junior botanists out there....

:-) mom

Paul said...

according to Wikipedia (which is far from infallible) the two names are regional differences and used interchangably.