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Posted: 19 May 2019


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Eastern Fairy Slipper

Eastern Fairy Slipper
I've been away the last three days orchid hunting and leading one of their field trips for the Washington Native Plant Society's annual study weekend. I left Friday and visited a site in north-central Washingon to look for this plant. I found a few in bloom but they had had a windstorm sometime past and many trees were down and so I had to do a lot of scrambling and bushwacking and since it was raining came back soaked and chilled and for all that only found about six flowers open, a disappointment.

Went on to the other side of the Cascades where it was hot and dry, the weather on both sides of the mountains the opposite of what we usually experience. There I hiked high in the mountains to find the Western Fairy Slipper, which, due to the weather was nearly finished along with all the other early again orchids. Again, after hiking around 10 miles I found only a few flowers but enjoyed the hike anyway. I hiked the Thunder Creek trail, a hike I had not done for several years.

The following day I scouted for orchids on Fidalgo and Whidbey Islands in preparation for my field trip and visited eight different sites, but due to the strange weather only found a few flowers in bloom. One species was just starting to bloom, one was all but finished and the third was blooming but I found few plants where there are usually a lot. The very hot and dry weather on the west side of the Cascades has meant an early wildfire season and has interfered with many of the wildflowers.

Saturday I led my field trip to see what native orchids were blooming but also visited the Pacific Rim Environmental Institute and saw their piece of original prairie and the large area of prairie they are working on restoring. We saw some unusual and rare wildflowers there and between those and the orchids, had a very good day. I left soon after the field trip finished and headed home arriving home around 10:30 pm. Had a very busy few days and saw in total seven different orchids and two other varieties.

There are two varieties of this orchid, this with the yellow "beard" found all across the northern US and Canada, but not west of the Cascades, the other, which I'll post tomorrow, found only in the west. Where the ranges of the two overlap there is a hybrid of the two varieties, though it is rare and seldom found. This, then, is the Eastern Fairy Slipper, the more common and widely ranging variety and distinguished not only by the yellow "beard" but by the white (or pink) and unspotted front of the lip.

ROL/Photo, Marco F. Delminho, Gisela Plewe, Holger Hagen and 25 other people have particularly liked this photo


28 comments - The latest ones
 ©UdoSm
©UdoSm club
Too bad this beautiful orchid is in the rain ... :-((
5 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
IMPECCABLE et bien perlées +++++
Merci pour toutes ces informations,toute une aventure pour trouver cette belle orchidée,
Bon Dimanche.
5 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Vu et admiré/Admired in
www.ipernity.com/group/nous.-nature
NATURE et Biodiversité..!
5 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Admired in:
www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance
Happy Sunday.
5 years ago.
 neira-Dan
neira-Dan club
quelle beauté !! superbe série
5 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
Lovely images, Ron, and a few raindrops certainly add to the result.
5 years ago.
 Reyk
Reyk club
Such a lovely macro
5 years ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club
Really exceptional, Ron. I particularly like the second PiP.
"..... only found about six flowers open, a disappointment." I would have been ecstatic to find anything as good as this.
5 years ago.
 Josiane Dirickx
Josiane Dirickx club
Même en pleur elle reste très belle cette fleur !
5 years ago.
 Janet Brien
Janet Brien club
Absolutely GORGEOUS, Ron! Love the droplets everywhere! All of your insets are grand as well. I enjoyed reading about your adventure, but sorry to hear that you had a disappointing foray...though at least you found some flowers here and there. Glad that your guided walk turned out well, I'm sure everyone had a good time thanks to you!

Glad you didn't come down with a cold after being out in that weather, ugh!

I am just stopping by, don't have time to chat but wanted to let you know I am thinking about you! We're having a super time!! Hope all is well in your world now that you're out of the bad weather!
5 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Wonderful with these droplets !
5 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
so beautiful with the drops!
5 years ago.
 Hansruedi Voegele
Hansruedi Voegele club
Einfach wunderschöne Blumen Aufnahmen!
5 years ago.
 sea-herdorf
sea-herdorf club
Eine spannende Geschichte, Ron.
...und wunderschöne wildwachsende Orchideen dazu.
Super.
Freundliche Grüße und einen schönen Tag
Erich
5 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
THIS IS AN EXQUISITE LITTLE PRETTY !
5 years ago.
 Jocelyne Villoing
Jocelyne Villoing club
WOW quelle série adorable, bravo !++++++++++++
5 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Exquisite captures!
5 years ago.
 Helena Ferreira
Helena Ferreira
Wonderful picture!
5 years ago.
 sasithorn_s
sasithorn_s
Exquisite orchid with lovely yellow "beard", even more beautiful with crystal raindrops!
Love all the PiPs too!
5 years ago.
 sasithorn_s
sasithorn_s
Vu et admiré/Admired in
www.ipernity.com/group/nous.-nature
5 years ago.
 sasithorn_s
sasithorn_s
Have a great new week, Ron!
5 years ago.
 J. Gafarot
J. Gafarot club
Wonderful series, Ron.
Each one is "overtaken" by the next one . . .
Superb technique, I want to mention it.
Enjoy a great week.
5 years ago.
 Schussentäler
Schussentäler club
a beautiful shot
5 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Wow, what a breathtaking macro's Ron.
5 years ago.
 * ઇଓ *
* ઇଓ * club
The raindrops lend these orchid portraits an irresistible magic. Very beautiful, Ron!
5 years ago.
 Gisela Plewe
Gisela Plewe club
So very beautiful native orchids, and so well captured!
5 years ago.

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