Native orchid found in coniferous woods, flowering in late July, early August. Leaves are elliptical to lanceolate, to 8 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, grow in a basal rosette, are somewhat mottled, with a prominent white midrib. Flowers are white, with the upper petals and sepal forming a hood over the lip, flowers about 1.5 cm long. Stem and flowering raceme are pubescent.

Flowering begins end of July.

Height to 45 cm.

Rare, listed as an S2 by the Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre.

The above photos were taken August 3rd and 4th in lodgepole pine forest in the Cypress Hills, 450 km south west of our home in Regina, SK.

I get preachy here: please don't dig up native orchids to try to grow them in your garden. They are becoming rare in the wild due to loss of habitat and wild harvesting. By all accounts they are also quite difficult to transplant successfully from the wild. If you want to grow them in your garden, there are nurseries who grow native orchids from seed who will sell plants to you.