Look who else we saw in the park!!!  I knew it was a Showy Orchis, and my Seek app confirmed it.  Galearis spectabilis, or showy Orchis is a threatened native orchid.  It is native to eastern Canada and much of the eastern half of the United States.    

 

This is the only one we saw in the park, but then again, we stay on the trail.  There may have been more up on the hill.  We've seen a showy Orchis down on the Creekside Trail, near the little bridge.  But I haven't seen it there yet this year.  I'll keep looking.

 

Be on the lookout for interesting wildflowers on your walks.  It's that time of year when all kinds of flowers pop up.

 

HAPPY HUNTING!!!