Participant Info

Species

Calypso bulbosa [Calypso americana]

Family

Orchidaceae

CommonName

Calypso orchid, fairy slipper, Venus slipper

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

protected

LatestDate

2018

Ecosystem

montane

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

Conejos, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, Shaw Lake (in flower) 8 June 2018

Comments

Locations and dates of Calypso orchid are often protected. In the Watershed, the flower is not unccommon, occurring on both sides of the Valley, in shaded, moist understory of mixed conifer woods. In the USA this only species of its genus is found in the Central and Northern Rockies, Cascades, Great Lakes region, and northern New England. It follows the Rio Grande drainage halfway down New Mexico, where Allred et al (2020) call it "rather common."

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