Grass Pinks

A wild rose torn to bits, then glued back together by someone who had never seen a flower before, might look something like a Grass Pink.
--Raphael Carter

Isn't that a great quote about a really odd-shaped flower?

;-)

Another orchid from The Ridges and one that I've seen here in NJ in the bogs of the Pine Barrens.

The upper petal should be triangular, according to the books, tho this one doesn't look it; the important thing to know is that the bearded lip is the uppermost petal on a Grass Pink... the other pink bog orchids wear their beards on the lower lip.

What do you guys call that?

;-)