This might turn into orchid week here, so be warned...;-)
Mostly I prefer simple common flowers, but orchids and their variety of forms can't be denied.
Look at those sweetly twisted sepals!
I geeked out for a moment there. Sorry.
So... flower fanciers, which do you prefer: the pink or the yellow?
Yellow Lady's Slipper Orchid photographed at The Ridges Sanctuary in Door County, Wisconsin.
I really, really like the yellow.
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Yellow for me too! My folks have a patch of yellows that reside in a shady patch near their camp on Lake Champlain. Slippers were rescued from a site about to undergo construction, carefully nurtured along and apparently they decided the spot offered them to grow was just right.
They are always a treat to find in the woods, regardless of the color!
The pink is our state flower. They're harder to find and I prefer them, but both are special.
I have never seen a yellow lady slipper, although they are listed in my guide for Maine.
Strange though, I usually see 20 or down in the woods. This year there were hundreds.
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