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Steve And Muffin’s Wildflowers #40.
Hello everyone! Continuing with our look at wild orchids today, here we have the “large yellow lady’s slipper”, also called “greater yellow lady’s slipper”. This is another of our largest wild orchids that we have in this area and can be found right across most of Canada and most of the US, except California, Nevada, Florida and Louisiana. The flower stalk can be from 8 to 30 inches (20 to 75cm) tall and the flower itself up to 2 inches (5cm) long. Here it is shown still with drops of morning dew on it in an old photo that I have. Unfortunately I have not seen these in years now but they are commonly found along the river in certain areas where people traffic is less. Unfortunately, like all our lady’s slippers, people like to pick them and that stops them from blooming again and also then prevents them from distributing seeds to produce more plants to keep the population healthy. They bloom from May to July like the other lady’s slippers, is a native wildflower and will grow in shade and sun in moist woods, swamps and bogs, and even in ditches along roads and highways. I hope you have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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Gorgeous
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Glad you enjoyed it. They are a remarkable flower.
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Beautiful 😍
This big lady slipper looks like a ripen mango 😋🥭
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It does look good enough to eat! One of the most beautiful flowers we have.😀😺😸😻😻🌞📷
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😻🌺🍀🍁🌼🍂🍃😻
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I like the yellow one! So bright and sunny 🌞😁
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Yes, these are very bright! They really stand out nicely, a nice cheerful flower. Good afternoon Dusty!😀😺🌞📷☕☕
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Hi there!😁 How’s the picrure safari going?? Findin lot’s to see?😁😊
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Did quite well, didn’t find what I was hoping to at that one location, but might have been too early in the season.😁🌞📷
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they named it right, it doesn’t look like a flower, definitely a slipper model😅 and its first time I’m seeing it 😍 ,Gorgeous and strange looking.
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They are a different and amazing flower, too bad they are getting so hard to find around here now.😃😺🌞📷
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Yes, an absolutely beautiful flower. 😁🌞📷 Too bad people are picking them and ruining the beauty God provides for everyone to see.
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Yes indeed, they used to be so abundant and still are in many places, but not around here. But they are such beautiful flowers.😀😺🌞📷
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Hopefully they will grow back. 😁🌞📷
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Would be nice, but doubtful.😕
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Too bad. 😕
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Looks delightful ! ☕️☕️🙂😻 have a restful sleep both of you !
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Thanks. Lots of fresh air should make me sleep good. Have a good night!😀😺🌞📷
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This is a strange flower but with a funny name 😉 Gorgeous anyway 😉
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Definitely not a typical looking orchid! But so beautiful! Have a fantastic Friday Ribana!😁😻😻
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Thank you Steve 😉😻
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Wow so cool
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Laugh for a change of pace
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Definitely a real beauty.
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