Flower Fix on Peter's Ridge

Friday was our last day of school, and after a full week and packing up my classroom, I was a pooped puppy!  As my friend Pati said, "I would do a happy dance, but I'm just too tired!"  My choice of R&R was to drive out to where Lynn lives, east along the mountain foothills, and go to Peter's Ridge road, not far from her house.  We know that Yellow Ladyslippers grow along here and would be ready for us.  What a treat!  We probably saw hundreds!

notice the super-twisted sepals

Cypripedium parviflorum

the slipper is considered one of the petals of the flower

notice the little spot of light coming from the opening in the slipper

this one must be praying

this one is still sleeping

these were a different color; lighter and creamier

we wondered if the yellow and white hybridize...

Slipper in the ferns

Slipper in the pines

a whole bunch of slippers

double decker slipper

sneaky slippers (hiding)

We did find just a few white Ladyslippers, but they don't seem to like as picturesque a setting as our yellow ones.  The one in the first photo was right next to some yellow ones.  The other ones were on a bare dirt bank.  They are still just as elegant and sweet though.

more twisty sepals

Cypripedium montanum

I felt rejuvenated after walking through the slipper patch!  Summer, here we come!