Orchid Board - Most Complete Orchid Forum on the web ! - Pink Ladyslipper (Cypripedium acaule) in bloom

- Orchids in the Wild (http://www.orchidboard.com/community/orchids-in-the-wild/)

- - Pink Ladyslipper (Cypripedium acaule) in bloom (http://www.orchidboard.com/community/orchids-in-the-wild/67552-pink-ladyslipper-cypripedium-acaule-bloom.html)

Pink Ladyslipper (Cypripedium acaule) in bloom

This past weekend, I went to the Atlanta, GA area to photograph some precocious pink ladyslippers. While most of their colony mates were still in earlier stages of bud, these few were stand-outs from the crowd.

http://www.flnativeorchids.com/image...ir_in_situ.jpg

http://www.flnativeorchids.com/image...ir_closeup.jpg

http://www.flnativeorchids.com/image...ngle_plant.jpg

http://www.flnativeorchids.com/image...nt_backlit.jpg

http://www.flnativeorchids.com/image...all_flower.jpg

http://www.flnativeorchids.com/image...e_dramatic.jpg

It's too bad that there are no slipper orchids native to Florida, but I guess Florida can't have all the lovely orchids.

---Prem

I love it! Thanks for sharing those photos.

Lovely plants and a big colony in the background. Thanks prem.

I see these in MD and VA. They have a nice faint fragrance.

Prem thanks for sharing- they're beautiful. Where did you find these beauties? I live NE of Atlanta and would love to see some native orchids.

Wow, nice shots of this orchid.