Tag Archives: Cypripedium parviflorum

05.18.2022 Wordless Wednesday

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04.05.2022 Tuesday Teaser

As I continue romping through my archives, I came across these two examples of Lady’s Slipper beauty from 5 years ago.  May is not that far off and it’s about time I paid them another visit.  I photographed one here … Continue reading

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05.29.2021 More of the Yellow Lady’s Slippers

I don’t think I’ll be posting quite as many of these as I do of the Painted Trilliums, but I guess it depends on how many I come across.  These are on another private property location shared with me by … Continue reading

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05.22.2021 Yellow Lady’s Slipper

After I took that wrong turn last week and missed the yellow lady’s slipper in the Holyoke Range, the two friends who told me about it mentioned someone in a nearby town with a forest garden that contains one and … Continue reading

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06.07.2020 As promised

As I mentioned yesterday, I did find a more local plant but I was well late.  It is good to know where to find it next year though.  In the meantime, here’s a shot from 2007 that’s a nice memory. … Continue reading

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05.27.2019 Three more of the loverlies

Unlike the claim I made for Atherton Brook images, I won’t say these are the last.  They are pretty hard to resist and there is always something a little different.  Subtleties don’t always get notice though. Two heads are better … Continue reading

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05.22.2019 What a surprise!

I’ve been planting native wildflowers in our small wooded area in the backyard for a few years meeting with mixed results.The trilliums have done well but not so the lady’s slippers. A few weeks ago I purchased a Yellow Lady’s … Continue reading

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05.25.2015 Yellow Lady’s Slipper

There are certain wildflowers that I try to visit every year.  The Painted Trilliums probably top the list, but not far behind are the Yellow Lady’s Slippers (Cypripedium parviflorum).  I am not sure if they are naturally occurring in this … Continue reading

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05.31.2014 A successful hike

I overslept this morning again.  This is getting to be a bad habit.  Too bad too because the sky to the north looked fabulous in a soft pastel way.  But that was not my goal for today. I almost went … Continue reading

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