Ladyslippers in the Eastern UP

[Uper]

Saw many of these along the backroads in my travels last week.

 

[muncybob]

nice!! Gotta love wild flowers and springtime walks!

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Beautiful! I get lots in my yard. I think those yellow ones are the rare ones- never seen them in the wild. We've all heard that they are protected... I dunno- but they are rare enough that we ought not pick them I guess.

 

[Uper]

Yes they are protected here. I looked them up in my wildflower book and the yellow ones (maybe the others too) need a special fungus to flower. I noticed most of the yellow ones had some cedar trees around them, and they were in lowland areas. They are in the Orchid family. It's a great time of year!

 

[Delta-T]

we get the pink ones every now and again, never seen a yellow one...sweet. Orchids rule. I like the ones that eat bugs. Amazing how much diversity there is in orchids.

 

[wood spliter]

I love the wild flowers! We plant native when we plant where I work

 

[firefighterjake]

Very pretty . . . never knew there were yellow lady slippers.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Good pictures Uper. You are blessed with many wild flowers there.