An Orchid At The Table

March 11, 2025

An Orchid (Orchidaceae) greets me as I take a seat at the dinner table. It blooms year after year. Like most houseplants, it’s not a native plant. A kind gesture from a dear friend that I see occasionally at yoga.

It came as quite a surprise to me, as I have become more wrapped up in the environment and the world of nature that there are many orchids native to Virginia. As is the case with loads of things, as I try to find information on the internet, the number is quite variable. One reference site gave the number of orchids native to Virginia as 64. That’s a lot.

You might enjoy seeing a blog post I did a while back with pictures of a few of the native orchids I’ve spotted here on this mountain. You can find it at: https://www.brendaclem.com/orchids-native-to-virginia/

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.