RHH's photos with the keyword: sparrow's egg lady's slipper

This is the Sparrow's-egg or Franklin's Lady's Slipper, photographed near Canmore, Alberta, on our 2014 trip through the Canadian Rockies.

This is the Sparrow's-egg or Franklin's Lady's Slipper, photographed near Canmore, Alberta, on our 2014 trip through the Canadian Rockies. Most of the time it produces one flower but occasionally two as in this photo.

This is the Sparrow's-egg or Franklin's Lady's Slipper, photographed near Canmore, Alberta, on our 2014 trip through the Canadian Rockies.

This is the Sparrow's-egg or Franklin's Lady's Slipper, photographed near Canmore, Alberta, on our 2014 trip through the Canadian Rockies.

Hiking the Berg Lake trail in Mount Robson Provincial Park we found these both at Kinney Lake and in Whitehorn Basin where we camped the first night. At Kinney Lake they were still wet with the rain that had fallen the previous night and there were only a few flowers that had not gone by, but at Whitehorn they were at their peak. They are not found in Washington so we are always happy to see them again in Canada.

Hiking the Berg Lake trail in Mount Robson Provincial Park we found these both at Kinney Lake and in Whitehorn Basin where we camped the first night. At Kinney Lake they were still wet with the rain that had fallen the previous night and there were only a few flowers that had not gone by, but at Whitehorn they were at their peak. This flower is a bit unusual in that the dorsal sepal is nearly straight up instead of hanging over the pouch.

Hiking the Berg Lake trail in Mount Robson Provincial Park we found these both at Kinney Lake and in Whitehorn Basin where we camped the first night. At Kinney Lake they were still wet with the rain that had fallen the previous night and there were only a few flowers that had not gone by, but at Whitehorn they were at their peak (see inset photos). They are not found in Washington so we are always happy to see them again in Canada.

Also known as Franklin's Lady's Slipper, Cypripedium passerinum is found for the most part north of the US-Canadian border, though there are locations in Montana. These (ncluding the insets) were photographed in Kootenay National Park in British Columbia. They are often difficult to photograph since they tend to grow under bushes and in heavy brush.

Also known as Franklin's Lady's Slipper, Cypripedium passerinum is found for the most part north of the US-Canadian border, though there are locations in Montana. These (ncluding the insets) were photographed in Kootenay National Park in British Columbia. This one is going by but I liked the light on the flower.

Also known as Franklin's Lady's Slipper, Cypripedium passerinum is found for the most part north of the US-Canadian border, though there are locations in Montana. These (ncluding the insets) were photographed in Kootenay National Park in British Columbia. They are often difficult to photograph since they tend to grow under bushes and in heavy brush.

While in Edmonton last summer a friend too me out orchid hunting for a day and this was one of the native orchids we saw and photographed. This is Cypripedium passerinum, the Sparrow's Egg Lady's Slipper, or Franklin's Lady's Slipper. It has small flowers, around two inches across and is quite common in northern regions, though not found at all in the state of Washington. These were starting to fade, but the flower below, photographed on another occasion in Mount Robson Provincial Park, is fresh and new.

One more shot, this time a close-up, of a Lady's Slipper I had never seen before our trip to Mount Robson, and which we found in abundance near Kinney Lake in Mount Robson Provincial Park. This was published in the April, 2011, issue of Orchids, the magazine of the American Orchid Society, in an article titled "Taking Aim."