December 2003 Unknown

THIS MONTH'S WINNERS:

An orchid by any other name might have been an easier identification. As it turned out, several viewers recognized the ‘orchidness’ of our December unknown but only one got the correct identification.
Congratulations to:

Harold Dykstra
Teacher
Smithers BC

who writes

“I find them around my home reasonably frequently.”

Whose foot this flower fits?

Calypso bulbosa - a lady-slipper orchid.

(Full description coming)