Comments on: Calypso

By: From the Front Porch » Cinderellie, Cinderellie

From the Front Porch » Cinderellie, Cinderellie — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:25:28 +0000

[...] A very small foot to fit in this “slipper” – these are less than an inch. They are easy to miss in the woods as they are often bent downward so that only the purple “underside” is visible and looking very much like the back of a wood violet. They are my favorite thing to find. Montucky at Montana Outdoors has much better capture of these beauties: Calypso [...]

By: montucky

montucky — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:24:39 +0000

I hope you will run into some! They are tiny, but elaborate.

By: aullori

aullori — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:38:09 +0000

Beautiful shots… I can see why your so captivated with this little blossom I certainly would be if had I ever seen one!

By: silken

silken — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:36:55 +0000

pretty!

By: montucky

montucky — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:15:08 +0000

Fascinating, aren’t they! I spend way too much time wondering just how that design evolved.

By: Bo

Bo — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:02:30 +0000

it is truly a fairy’s slipper – what a lovely color. and so detailed.

By: montucky

montucky — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:59:25 +0000

Thanks, Adam! These seemed to be excellent specimens; quite robust. I have only seen a couple others this year and they didn’t look good at all.

By: Adam R. Paul

Adam R. Paul — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:14:14 +0000

Wow beautiful photos of this wonderful flower! Well done!

By: montucky

montucky — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:20:07 +0000

Janet,

I just sent you an email to verify my address. My WordPress account does have the correct address though and the emails they send from the site always make it. One of those strange happenings in the cyber-world, I guess!

By: montucky

montucky — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:01:50 +0000

Science guy,

That is an example of the relationships that I’m so concerned about when I see so much of our remaining wild country being exploited and developed.