north american native orchid journal - at The Culture Sheet

Brown: TWO WEEKS AND 39 ORCHIDS IN WESTERN
NEWFOUNDLAND
Again, the dragon's mouth is scattered throughout the bog and
this time accompanied by both Pogonia ophioglossoides, rose
pogonia and Calopogon tuberosus, common grass-pink just
starting to flower. If these two are not quite out yet do not despair
as you will have thousands of them further north.
A leisurely drive north will take you to Corner Brook, home of
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, and a bustling northern city. Many
good accommodations and restaurants are to be found here. After
a restful night, the mornings' journey will continue northward
towards Rocky Harbour and Gros Morne National Park. In Deer
Lake you will take Route 430 north. It is advisable to drive directly
to Rocky Harbour, get settled, for you will want several days here,
and then plan your trips in the area. Comfortable half and full day
trips may be made to many of the nature trails within the National
Park and good maps and directions can be found at the park
headquarters. Orchids can be found on most all of the trails but
the two major orchid-laden areas at the Lomond Trail off of
Route 131 west of Wiltondale (you passed it on the way here) and
the lower elevation section of the Gros Morne Trail.
Accessed by an excellent boardwalk and trail The Lomond
Trail has one of the largest populations of the utterly spectacular
Cypripedium reginae, the showy lady's-slipper with it's often 2 and
3 flowered stems with large pink and white slippers growing 75
cm tall! It is estimated that there are over 25,000 plants in this
swamp. Scattered along the trail and in the woodland beyond the
swamp are excellent stands of Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata,
spotted coralroot, with both the forma flavida and forma rubra; C.
maculata var. occidentalis, western spotted coralroot; C. striata,
striped coralroot (a recent find and so far only in the striking
forma eburnea); C. trifida, early coralroot; Cypripedium parviflorum
var. pubescens, large yellow lady's-slipper; Listera convallarioides,
broad-lipped twayblade; L. cordata, heart-leaved twayblade;
Platanthera huronensis, green bog orchis; P. aquilonis, northern
green bog orchis; P. macrophylla, Goldie's pad-leaved orchis; P.
orbiculata, pad-leaved orchis; P. psycodes, small purple fringed
orchis; and Malaxis unifolia, green adder's-mouth.
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