The travelling physiotherapist was making one of his trips to Bella Coola so I took advantage of helpful drivers and went down The Hill again.  It had been a month since I was down there before, seeing the surgeon on his biannual visit, so I did not expect there to be much of a display of the forest floor flowers.  But the weather had been so cool and rainy they were superb.

At the bottom of the above picture is a bunch of moccasin flowers or white mountain lady’s slipper orchids.  They were blooming in huge masses.

A shrub known as Old Man’s Beard was in its prime.

Saprophytic pinesaps were pushing through the forest floor.

(As you can see, it kept raining.)

We did get a few gleams of sun, and the wild roses smelled heavenly.

A month previously, I found only one queen’s cup out.  Now they made a starry carpet everywhere.  They seemed to really enjoy growing under western hemlock branches, which were most elegantly tipped with new leaves.

The physiotherapist will be back in 6 weeks.  I have never been in the valley at that time of year before so it will be interesting to see what is happening then.

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