Author Archives: Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Wordless Wednesday: Above the treeline at Rocky Mountain National Park

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John Muir and the calypsos

John Muir—I learned this week—was an avid lover of calypso orchids (Calypso bulbosa or Calypso borealis). He discovered them in his twenties in Ontario, Canada, where he was knocking about working as an inventor in a factory and “botanizing” on … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: Harebell

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Contemplate a columbine

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When horsetail ruled

Remember horsetail, from the Ice Age hike, that prehistoric plant, one of the oldest ancestors still living on Earth?

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