Yellow Lady Slipper Orchids
Yellow Lady Slipper Orchid growing near Lake Dunmore in Salisbury, Vermont. Here is wiki on Lady Slipper Orchids
We are lucky to have wild lady slippers growing in our area. They are very specialized to certain conditions as I guess all orchids. They are very hard to grow in "captivity".
These are yellow lady slippers. I previously posted some pink lady slippers. The third variety is all white which is the rarest.
We are fortunate to know some native Vermonters that know where they grow. And try to keep the locations secret 😉 In fact they tried to disguise the trail to these by pulling some leaves and twigs over the trail. Some of you will roll your eyes but too many idiots will try to dig these up and take them home. One idiot, gone forever... at least that plant in that location. It is illegal to collect them on US Forest lands.
Lovely day here in Vermont. Finally some sun ☀️ Have a great day!
Thanks to @scrooger and @qurator for the support 🙏 🙏
Thanks to @bhattg and @ecency for the support 🙏 🙏
You are welcome 🤗
Beautiful flowers... there are idiots everywhere, better to keep this spot secret.
Have a great evening
Indeed. No shortage of idiots in this world 🤦
There was a French humorist (Pierre Desproges) who said: “every year there are more and more idiots... and this year next year's idiots are already here” 😀
How lovely they are ... and yes, keep the idiots away ...
They are a lovely find in the forest 👍
Indeed they are ... and worthy of protection
Lovely ground orchids! This plant is rare and must be preserved.
Thanks. They are lovely. Preserved in nature is best 👍 These are not tolerant to being moved or cultivated.
Thats a good initiative. Keeping them in secret is a way for them to be still there after generations.
Your level lowered and you are now a Red Fish!
Good job with masking the trail.
I gotta admit it was my wife and a couple of 80+ year old ladies masking the trail. Makes it even cooler lol
Wow good find, supposedly they grow here too and I always keep my eye out but have yet to find one. Looks like they are growing next to ferns... Maybe a clue as to what microclimate they like.
Shady and wet. I wasn't thinking about how to find them. The people I was with knew some spots they grow. So we weren't searching really more like returning to a certain spot.