Calypso bulbosa

Calypso bulbosa is a small pink or red flowered Orchid found in undisturbed northern montane forests. Its range is circumpolar, but it is very susceptible to disturbance. The bulbs have been used as a food source by North American native peoples, though this is not recommended now because the sites for these plants are now rare and easily destroyed. The Thompson Indians of British Columbia used it as a treatment for epilepsy

Calypso is a monotypic genus.