Hello! It is currently spring in Wisconsin, and the ephemerals are starting to come up! I just recently became more well educated on native plants, though I’ve loved them my whole life. I really really want to create a “bucket list” of sorts and find as many wild orchids as I can, but I’m not sure…

Welcome to the Forum! On iNaturalist, you can use the Explore tab to search for Orchids in a boundary box you create. This will give you species names, dates observed and maybe some locations to look. Here is a URL to try if you like: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=43.22899382236638&n…

Thank you! I’ve played around with this a bit and its definitely going to be super helpful for finding good locations. Do you have any resources for IDing native Orchids at different stages?

Many years ago, I set out in search of MN native orchids. It took me some years to find them all, but I had a lot of fun and learned so much. So I highly recommend it. The best local resources I know of are Welby Smith’s book Native Orchids of Minnesota and minnesotawildflowers.info . They are speci…

I plan on it! Visiting the Ridges last year was what spurred me to start looking for them this year! Thank you!!

What a wonderful suggestion! Thank you so so much!

Hey! This thread popped up as I was doing similar research. I only started really getting into orchids in the last couple of years, so I have similar questions to you but also a few resources that have been helpful. I’m up to 18 species now, but still have plenty eluding me, and I find myself freque…

Best way to look for Orchids in WI?

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raymie April 22, 2024, 6:04pm 4

Check natural areas in Door County. You should be able to see quite a few species.

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Best way to look for Orchids in WI?

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