Dennis (my brother) and I waited at the Olympic Information Center in Port Angeles on July 23 for all of our hearty adventurers. By 1 p.m. we had gathered four more participants for our adventure, George and Cylvia Grantham and two members of the Tacoma Orchid Society.
We ate our picnic lunch and off we went. Our first stop was at the site of the Epipacitis gigantea in an undisclosed location (so that they aren’t disturbed). There we saw several clumps of them in full bloom, most gathered at the base of a tree.
Then, we entered the park and there were Goodyera oblongifolia and several species of Platanthera.
It was a gorgeous day. We saw six different species and hundreds of each kind.
