Please, never pick or attempt to transplant 
Orchids (or any other) wild plant. 
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Many Orchids are endangered.
Orchid habitat is very specialized.
Orchid pollination is very specialized.
Orchid germination is very specialized.
Admire them in the wild and let them live.

Also see Corallorhiza maculata and Corallorhiza striata, Calypso bulbosa, Epipactis gigantea, Cypripedium calceolus, and Green Orchids.

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Look for Goodyera oblongifolia along trails in dark, dry Spruce/Fir forests.  The stout, shiny leaves with a prominent white mid-rib are far more conspicuous than the tiny white/green flowers (only one stalk appears in the lower left of the picture).  Goodyera oblongifolia spreads from its roots in tight clusters of numerous plants.  Goodyera is often in the company of Pyrolas such as Single Delight and One-sided Wintergreen, all very small, delicate, and spectacular in their tiny way.  When you spot one, look for the others.

The Goodyera of the East, which is also common, has numerous white leaf veins intersecting and producing a crosshatched pattern that is most likely the source of the common name, "Rattlesnake".

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The genus was named by Robert Brown.  The species was named by Constantine Rafinesque in 1833 from a specimen collected by an unidentified collector in Oregon.  "Goodyera" is for noted British 17^th century botanist and botanical writer, John Goodyer. (More biographical information.)

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These minute Orchids enjoy moist forests and streamsides.  Basal leaves are almost always singular and flowers are spread openly along a leafless stalk. The plants are very difficult to find.

Joseph Banks (who funded Captains Cook and Bligh) named this species Orchis obtusata in 1814, John Richardson renamed it Habenaria obtusata in 1823, John Lindley renamed it  Platanthera obtusata in 1835, and Per Axel Rydberg renamed it Lysiella obtusata in 1900.  "Lysiella" is a diminutive of Lysias, an Orchidaceae genus of two north American species found in the northern U.S.

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The bottom right photograph shows that the spur at the back of the flower (green/white and pointing downward parallel to the green stem) is as long as the lower lip.  The tip of the spur can also be seen near the stem in the flower at upper right.  Flowers color is white to green/white.

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Lady's Tresses is uncommon in our area and that just makes it more lovely.  Numerous waxy white flowers spiral around a central stalk, often to a flower stalk height of four inches.  Ladies Tresses is found in boggy areas, is usually about 6-12 inches tall overall, and is often hidden among grasses and sedges.  Basal leaves 

are narrow, often rolled inward, and vertical (left and center of above photograph).  Main stems can sometimes recline at first (bottom center and right of the above picture) and then grow erect.

Louis Richard named this genus (probably in the early 1800s) and Ludolf Chamisso named this species in 1828.  "Spiranthes" is from the Greek "speira", a "coil" and "anthes" is from the Greek "anthos", "flower".  The species name is for Count Romanzoff, early 19th century Russian financer of exploratory voyages.  (More biographical information.)

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