Not too much to say about these. I’ve posted both here before, but it’s an annual tradition for me to visit my wet meadow near Lawrence Swamp for them. They are such lovely flowers and it is hard to not make a few more images and to share them.
Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides)
Grass Pink (Calopogon tuberosus)
These are what I was looking for when I came across the maple leaves that I posted yesterday. It was a good day that started with the sunrise which I posted Saturday. There are still a few images yet to share from that shoot.
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Exquisite!
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Thanks, Willo.
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Really lovely. The moisture adds the right elements to it.
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There was a lovely dew coating most everything. Curiously though, there were very few noticeable webs of any variety. Thanks, Jim.
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This is the second time I’ve noticed your phrase “wet meadow.” The first time, I thought you simply meant that it had rained, or that it was particularly dewy. Now I’m wondering if “wet meadow” ponts to a specific sort of land, like a bog, or a swamp.
In any event, the flowers are lovely. I still can’t get over the fact that orchids aren’t confined to far off and exotic locations, like the Amazon.
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There are actually quite a few native orchids in the U.S. I have barely scratched the surface. There are several wetland categories with wet meadow being one. Quite often this one has some standing water although this day was just seriously damp.
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Golly, gee, whiz! These are as beautiful if not more so than the orchids that grow in exotic far away places. I’m glad that you have posted these for many folks have no idea that North America contains a nice variety of native orchids. The photos are special.
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A lot of the faraway place orchids that we see in stores, most actually, are hybrids. Mary Beth has several and belongs to an orchid club that sponsors a show annually with some amazingly gorgeous specimens. I do prefer these naturally occurring natives myself. Thanks for such an enthusiastic comment, Yvonne. 🙂
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The droplets of moisture on them, make the photo. Beautiful.
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Thanks, Lottie. Some dew is always a welcome addition.
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Beautiful pictures
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Thank you, Ronald.
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They’re lovely jewels which you isolated perfectly. The creaming backgrounds are lovely and really show these two off perfectly.
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Thanks, Deborah. I work hard, most of the time…sometimes they’re easier than others, for those backgrounds.
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Even if I’d photographed these two species on other occasions, I’d have done what you did and taken new pictures. Etymological me will add that the species name ophioglossoides means ‘resembling ophioglossum,’ which I see is a kind of fern known as adder’s tongue. In ancient Greek, ophis meant ‘snake’, and glossa ‘tongue,’ so somebody’s imagination conjured up a snake’s tongue. I don’t know if our imaginations can turn the lowest portion of the rose pogonia into a snake’s tongue.
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Your etymology is right on. An alternate colloquial name for the rose pogonia is snake mouth.
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These are lovely shots of a delicate flower.
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Thank you, Bunty.
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A day that includes these lovelies, and the maple leaves, is a good day. Somehow there is a quietude to your portrait shots that I really like.
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Thanks, Melissa. I am not quite sure how I portray the quiet of nature in my images, but I am almost always making them during the peaceful early hours of the days. I do try to capture the experience of the moment, so if it is quiet then I guess I am capturing that as well.
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