[Orchids of Mt. Adams Country]

Calypso, Calypso Orchid, Fairy Slipper, Fairy Slipper Orchid

Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis

Synonym: Calypso bulbosa ssp. occidentalis

Calypso, Calypso Orchid, Fairy Slipper, Fairy Slipper Orchid: Calypso bulbosa var. occieentalis (Synonym: Calypso bulbosa ssp. occidentalis) - Flower of Calypso, Calypso Orchid, Fairy Slipper, Fairy Slipper Orchid: Calypso bulbosa var. occieentalis (Synonym: Calypso bulbosa ssp. occidentalis)

These photos show close-up side and frontal views of the flower of the fairy slipper. Photographed at the trailhead for the Snipes Mt. Trail #11 on Mt. Adams..........May 7, 2005.

Calypso, Calypso Orchid, Fairy Slipper, Fairy Slipper Orchid: Calypso bulbosa var. occieentalis (Synonym: Calypso bulbosa ssp. occidentalis) - Calypso, Calypso Orchid, Fairy Slipper, Fairy Slipper Orchid: Calypso bulbosa var. occieentalis (Synonym: Calypso bulbosa ssp. occidentalis)

A fairy slipper photographed along the Buck Creek Trail #54 between Spring Creek and Morrison Creek, Mt. Adams, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.......May 29, 2020.

Basal leaves of Calypso, Calypso Orchid, Fairy Slipper, Fairy Slipper Orchid: Calypso bulbosa var. occieentalis (Synonym: Calypso bulbosa ssp. occidentalis) - Calypso, Calypso Orchid, Fairy Slipper, Fairy Slipper Orchid: Calypso bulbosa var. occieentalis (Synonym: Calypso bulbosa ssp. occidentalis)

The photo at left shows the wide, rounded basal leaves of the fairy slipper. Photographed at the trailhead for the Snipes Mt. Trail #11 on Mt. Adams............May 7, 2005. The image at right shows fairy slippers blooming in conifer forest at the Klickitat Oaks Phase 2, a Columbia Land Trust property on the south rim of Snyder Canyon, Klickitat County, WA.........May 6, 2024.

Calypso, Calypso Orchid, Fairy Slipper, Fairy Slipper Orchid: Calypso bulbosa var. occieentalis (Synonym: Calypso bulbosa ssp. occidentalis) - Calypso, Calypso Orchid, Fairy Slipper, Fairy Slipper Orchid: Calypso bulbosa var. occieentalis (Synonym: Calypso bulbosa ssp. occidentalis)

Fairy slippers in bloom in the forest around Trout Lake Creek Campground, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.......June 2, 2022.

Paul Slichter