May 27, 2018
May 26, 2017
Today’s new arrivals
Mountain Lady’s Slipper ~ Cypripedium montanum ~ Wild Orchid
Redosier Dogwood ~ Cornus sericea
Small-flowered Penstemon ~ Penstemon procerus
May 20, 2016
May 26, 2014
Wildflowers in the rain
Pointedtip Mariposa Lily, Three-spot Mariposa Lily, Baker’s Mariposa ~ Calochortus apiculatus
Woolly Groundsel ~ Packera cana
Poison Larkspur ~ Delphinium trolliifolium
Yellow Salsify, Meadow Goatsbeard ~ Tragopogon dubius
Howell’s Pussytoes ~ Antennaria howellii
Choke Cherry ~ Prunus Virginiana
Mountain Lady’s Slipper ~ Cypripedium montanum
Antelope Bitterbrush, Antelope-brush ~ Purshia tridentata
Rydberg’s Penstemon ~ Penstemon rydbergii
Starry False Lily-of-the-valley, Star-flowered Solomon’s-seal ~ Maianthemum stellatum
Smallflower Miterwort, Side-flowered Mitrewort, Cross-shaped Mitrewort ~ Ozomelis stauropetala
Feathery False Lily-of-the-valley, Plumed Solomon’s Seal, Plumed Spikenard ~ Maianthemum racemosum
The thing about photographing wildflowers is that you have to be there when they are blooming, which means lots and lots of trips into the woods, the meadows, the trails and along the streams – sunshine or rain. That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it!
May 11, 2012
June 22, 2008
Mountain Lady’s Slipper
This member of the Orchid family is always a real treat to discover in the back country. It is near extinction in many areas and rare in others. Acting on a tip from a friend, I made a short trip into the Weeksville Creek area in the Cabinet Mountains today and found several dozen of them in bloom. Previously I had only seen them ten miles away, in the Coeur D’Alene mountains.