Amazing Ochids of Maine; the small whorled-leaved Pogonia

Isotria medeoloides or small-whorled Pogonia is extremely rare in New England -- so much so that it was one of the first plants in the USA to be on an "endangered species" list.

Imagine our joy then, to photograph this small group of these tiny and quite delightful orchids not so far from Portland, Maine, up in the hills.

Maine!  What a paradise for nature lovers.....  too bad that continental drift of the tectonic plates separated Scotland from America eons ago.  Sussex, UK is wonderful; and Maine is wonderful too.
 With grateful thanks to John Mattor, who enabled the above photographs to be taken.