Clustered Lady's Slipper

[ronaldhanko]

Also known as the Brownie Lady's Slipper, these were photographed near Plain, Washington:



Native Orchids of the Pacific Northwest and the Canadian Rockies: Cypripedium fasciculatum near Plain

[Paul]

Interesting. Ron, will these eventually open up more than this?

[Anisa]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing!

[Lana]

Wow! These flowers are so beautiful and unusual. Great picture, too!

[WhiteRabbit]

beautiful! awesome find - thank you for sharing with us! (and for covering your tracks to help protect them)

[glengary54]

Beautiful, it makes me miss living in the mountains of New York. Years ago we did a rescue of a huge colony of Cypripedium reginae that were in the way of a road project. There were so many of them the construction was stopped until we removed every last one of them. They, minus a few, were all re-established in areas of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

[ronaldhanko]

Thanks, Paul, Anisa, Lana, WhiteRabbit, and glengary, and Paul, they generally do not open more than this, though a few flowers are more open.

[PaphMadMan]

Excellent photo of a species rarely seen. Thanks for posting.

[ronaldhanko]

It's certainly very rare here. WE know of only a few sites and jealously guard the information.

[Tindomul]

Wow Ronald! Those are sooo beautiful!!! Love these rare flowers.