Ladyslippers

[Allieallerson]

Hi all! I am new to this forum and wanted to share some gorgeous Ladyslippers I found in the Great Smoky Mountains national park last weekend.

[Pattywack]

Very pretty! I would love to find orchids here in Maryland. I know they grow here, I've looked a little while out hiking. If I ever see them, I'll be thrilled. I will be sure to share pictures as well. Lucky you, thanks for sharing!

[Allieallerson]

Thanks Patty! I would love to see your finds. Here is another shot I got...for some reason I can't post more than one photo at a time.

[Pattywack]

Ooooh those are gorgeous! I love the color. Are there many growing together? Can you imagine having them in your garden just growing wild! It makes me wonder if local nurseries have them, I've never considered that before.

I am only able to load one picture at a time. I use an iPad.

[Paphluvr]

Originally Posted by Pattywack

Ooooh those are gorgeous! I love the color. Are there many growing together? Can you imagine having them in your garden just growing wild! It makes me wonder if local nurseries have them, I've never considered that before.

I am only able to load one picture at a time. I use an iPad.

From my experience, every time you try to attach a photo from your IPad it is given the same name (I believe it is "photo"). Therefore, the last photo you try to attach is the one used. I haven't found a way to rename the attachments. Maybe someone else has found a way around this?

[Optimist]

Originally Posted by Pattywack

Ooooh those are gorgeous! I love the color. Are there many growing together? Can you imagine having them in your garden just growing wild! It makes me wonder if local nurseries have them, I've never considered that before.

I am only able to load one picture at a time. I use an iPad.

You can get them on line. It has been a while, but I found a place that sold varieties of "wild" paphs (cultured in greenhouses legally) for about 35$ per plant. It was steep to me, and I really do not have an outdoor place to grow yet, so I stopped looking.
first off you have to look for Cypripediums, Hardy Terrestrial orchids, Hardy/garden ladyslippers, or Garden Orchids. There are about 35 vendors.

[wintergirl]

Wonderful pictures, thanks! Welcome to OrchidBoard

[Selmo]

These are great to see, still growing in the wild. It has been awhile , since I was a teenager back in the Ozarks, that I have seen many growing in the wild. They have become rarer and rarer, areas that use to have them, now it is very hard to find any. There are specialized nurseries on the internet that have many different Cypripedium species and hybrids available and many other hardy ground orchids.Thanks for the photos

[AndreaK]

It is wonderful to see them grow in the wild. We were overjoyed to see Galearis spectabilis, Cypripedium Calceolus , Platanthera lacera, Spiranthes (several), etc... seem to appear out of nowhere when we began to manage our property using a 3 year, controlled burn rotation. Twelve different orchid species total were found there, after we began. Sadly, we moved.

Selmo,
Our old property, is very near to where you live. I will need to dig up the pictures. We noticed a huge improvement and a great increase in the colony size when we began doing controlled burns. The native plant society (Jefferson city/Fulton area) came on several field trips to see the orchids. My parents still own part of the land. If you want we could try to arrange an orchid walk. The terrain is rough, rocky, and somewhat steep though. The numbers are probably lower, since we have not burned the area in over 6 years. We were in the Missouri Conservationist a couple of times for the restoration work we were doing there. We had a plant species list over 300 on 48 acres.

[WhiteRabbit]

Awesome!