Grass Pink Orchid. Laudholm Farms, Wells Maine

As I mention over the past few days, there are two bog orchids in our local remnant bog at Laudholm Farms (Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve). I featured the Pink Pogonia yesterday. Today we have the Grass Pink…relatively unique among orchids in that it appears to built upside down…in actuality as the orchid flower develops, the stem twists 180 degrees so the flower is displayed upside down…but it is otherwise the same structure as any other orchid. There are far fewer Grass Pink plants at Laudholm than Pink Pogonias. I certainly hope they spread, as in my opinion it is one of the most beautiful of Maine wildflowers. 

Sony RX10III at 55mm and 600mm equivalent fields of view. Program mode. 1/1000th @ f4 and 1/500th @ f5.6 @ ISO 100. Processed in Polarr and assembled in FrameMagic.