Cypripedium 2018

[fredg]

Pueblo

 

[fredg]

C. reginae.

 

[fredg]

Kentucky Maxi - This one insisted on facing the wall.



https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4rATndTZhNvJwGlYBFqySIcdyjukSbmPDgwC8Wp3-wHxegLEe_pQN4NP0tDIt6cOyBfLst1u2NOMkwqCfAMGNiluti31Zh4Lt_0mY8Vb69md2BzzBNvtu96cmBIKNYawB2iDF4epFA=w2400


Macra Pink



https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/PoSZDx-yn7szkO55puhJ44n4gISsOdrvkXTo9ETRDIcpSN1zjB0qxrsgRtapQWPBUR86CgMYsmFfA1k_pJ3dGR7bCQliKxK84XHjDHq303WCbxk-xc9jz9QWBxbQozeYDCNuaW2dSA=w2400

 

[schmiggle]

Lovely! Cypripedium are always quite nice. I found wild ones for the first time today.

 

[fredg]

Lovely! Cypripedium are always quite nice. I found wild ones for the first time today.

And the photos are?

 

[schmiggle]

And the photos are?

Don't have any yet. I can try to get some today or tomorrow, if the flowers are still out. In fact, if they are, I will make a point of it. Otherwise you can enjoy some photos of rosettes with rotting petals on a stem

 

[schmiggle]

As promised. My apologies for my mediocre photography skills.


Cypripedium acaule. By far the most common local species of Cypripedium, but I still think it's an exciting find.

 

[fredg]

It may be a local common orchid to you but I have to travel several thousand miles for the chance to see one.

I have local orchids which may be regarded by some as common but I still get thanked for posting them on youtube by people who don't have access to them.

If offered a C. acaule I would probably grab the orchid and the hand that offered it

PS There's nothing wrong with your photography

An Early Purple Orchid.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/I9dUh0kmCr023emjDRHgESd8rYhTUwCHRDubyFT1Ljc1Koe3j88AxCN1TjpwbtqfWQUhFitKFXf_A9U4OcoQmDCxhKEq4CPCNkawjq_gYMeDDAO0xcR8cU_2HARgZP-HIu1PvJZFMQ=w2400

 

[schmiggle]

It may be a local common orchid to you but I have to travel several thousand miles for the chance to see one.

I have local orchids which may be regarded by some as common but I still get thanked for posting them on youtube by people who don't have access to them.

If offered a C. acaule I would probably grab the orchid and the hand that offered it

PS There's nothing wrong with your photography

An Early Purple Orchid.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/I9dUh0kmCr023emjDRHgESd8rYhTUwCHRDubyFT1Ljc1Koe3j88AxCN1TjpwbtqfWQUhFitKFXf_A9U4OcoQmDCxhKEq4CPCNkawjq_gYMeDDAO0xcR8cU_2HARgZP-HIu1PvJZFMQ=w2400

That's the nicest thing anyone has said to me about my photography and flowers I've found!

I like those early purples. Where did you find them?

 

[fredg]

Ulla's official portrait photograph for 2018

Ulla Silkens.



https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gNl5TI1cKxCwSFFBl3qol9owHd71oBU_8n-7HhXRPdHM9J5P9vWwHT9QFko66--Y6FIFmpXhaGMDniPxHmWXx1dq-H9YA0181fJgDdfT4JU7j0CTWFPaQwffwvpErCM5HArQ0FE5gA=w2400


schmiggle. The videos of wild orchids and as much location detail as I can safely reveal are on my own site ( see signature)

 

[chibae]

Cyps are my favorite orchid, more so than any of the tropicals. Unfortunately they would not grow happily in my present yard. Maybe the next one. Lovely images.

 

[fredg]

One of the Macra Pink flowers with a lighter shade.



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