Gerry Fen is a boardwalk through a pond/wetlands near Alexandria, Ontario. At the last minute we decided to visit it, but didn't know what to expect. Turned out we likely were there at the peak of orchid time.
A grass pink orchid appeared first
One stretch of the boardwalk produced numerous showy ladyslipper orchids
A few yellow ladyslippers
And one lone, fading, moccasin flower (a.k.a pink ladyslipper)
A few other flowers
Blue flag iris (with bee)
Deadly nightshade
Marsh vetchling
Dogwood
Cow parsley
Cow parsley
Twin flower
Two varieties of tea: Labrador tea (Marsh tea?) and Western Labrador tea
Canada mayflower looks like foamflower but has different leaves and blooms later
Three new ones for me. Cotton deergrass, water aven and marsh cinquefoil
Three different carnivorous plant plants
Sundew and bladderwort
Lots of pitcher plants, including one with fresh petals hanging from the flower. The "cups' that insects fall into normally point upwards, three in one photo, had fallen over
New growth on a bush growing with very wet feet
Wild sarsaparilla and red baneberry
I didn't recognize this plant, with blossoms, as being poison ivy until I got home and looked it up
Joe pye weed ready to bloom
Two clubtail dragonflies: unidentified and a dusky clubtail
Frogs were in plentiful supply. Two bull frogs and a green frog
Dryad's saddle fungus and a red-banded polypore
