Tag Archives: native flowers

05.31.2021 Macro Monday-White Pink Lady’s Slipper

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Steve Gingold

So far the only white Cypripedium acaule I have found this year. In the past several years there have been a few in the spot where I found the Pink pair that I posted last week but none at that … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Cypripedium acaule, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native orchid, native plant, native wildflower, New England, pink lady's slipper, Shutesbury, western massachusetts, white lady's slipper, wild orchid, Wildflowers | 23 Comments

05.29.2021 More of the Yellow Lady’s Slippers

Posted on May 29, 2021 by Steve Gingold

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 →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Amherst, Cypripedium parviflorum, flora, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, native flowers, native orchid, native plant, native wildflower, New England, western massachusetts, Wildflowers, Yellow Lady's Slipper | 22 Comments

05.27.2021 Trillium Thursday

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I know last night might have been a little misleading with the “eve’ title. I only had the one shot to share…well lots but basically all the same…so today it is back to the Trilliums but with a new species … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Nodding Trillium, Nodding Wakerobin, painted trillium, Shutesbury, Trillium cernuum, Trillium undulatum, western massachusetts, Whip-poor-will Flower, Wildflowers | 23 Comments

05.25.2021 Trillium Tuesday

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Painted Trillium once more. The second posted of this year. I can’t say there won’t be more. 🙂

Posted in Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Shutesbury, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 20 Comments

05.23.2021 Dutch Bonnets

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Yesterday morning my mission was to visit a dependable spot for pink lady’s slippers and especially the white variant of Cypripedium acaule. Unfortunately, this year the number of plants there is lower than usual and there were no white flowers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Amherst, Cypripedium acaule, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native orchid, New England, pink lady's slipper, western massachusetts, wild orchid, Wildflowers | 29 Comments

05.22.2021 Yellow Lady’s Slipper

Posted on May 22, 2021 by Steve Gingold

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 →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Cypripedium parviflorum, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native orchid, native plant, native wildflower, New England, western massachusetts, wild orchid, Wildflowers, Yellow Lady's Slipper | 33 Comments

05.15.2021 Bird-foot Violet

Posted on May 15, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Driving through Quabbin Park, I noticed a large patch of purple by the side of the road, parked, and walked to the spot where dozens of Viola pedata were growing. I love the shape of these flowers and the variety … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Wildflowers | Tagged Bird-foot Violet, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Quabbin, Quabbin Park, Viola pedata, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 23 Comments

05.13.2021 Trillium Thursday 2

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Steve Gingold

This is what will likely be the first of a few Painted Trillium-Trillium undulatum posts. For those of you who have been visitors to the blog over the years you know it is a personal favorite and the highlight of … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Chesterfield Gorge, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, painted trillium, The Trustees of Reservations, Trillium undulatum, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 19 Comments

05.10.2021 Macro Monday Marsh Marigold

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Nothing challenging about that alliteration. As the name implies, these grow in some wet conditions and, in this case, swampy. Several times my boots got sucked deep into the muck, fortunately they are “Muck Boots”, and I almost had to … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Caltha palustris, cowflock, cowslip, flora, kingcup, Marsh Marigold, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Pelham, Ranunculales, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 26 Comments

05.07.2021 White Trillium

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Steve Gingold

From the backyard wild spot-Trillium grandiflorum

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Wildflowers | Tagged Amherst, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Trillium grandiflorum, western massachusetts, White Trillium, Wildflowers | 24 Comments