lady slippers

[billy]

walk in the woods yesterday

[Dave R]

Nice! They seem to be in abundance this year. There's some fungus in the soil that is is necessary for them to survive and it must have had good conditions lately.

[phoenix]

Yes we have a lot growing and spreading

[Greene's Basin Girl]

The lady slipper is a member of the orchid family. In order to survive and reproduce, the lady slipper interacts with a fungus in the soil from the Rhizoctonia genus. The mutually beneficial relationship between the orchid and the fungus is. Known as " symbiosis". Lady slippers also require bees for pollination.

[SteveA]

We have been getting them every year, but this years "crop" was fewer than usual, and they are a lot smaller (shorter) than usual. We also had a number of then "chewed off". We have seen a groundhog around, I wonder if he's the culprit?

We also have a few that are white instead of the usual pink. I have been told that they also need to be near White Pine.


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[billy]

yes, quite a flush of them this year. i noticed quite a few white ones also.
...must have been a lot of fungus goin' on this winter :)

[Jeanzb1]

Lady Slippers are so pretty. Never seen a white one. Can someone post a picture??? I have also noticed quite a few Jack In The Pulpits this year! They're fun, too!:)

[billy]

white slipper

[Oregonrain]

white slipper

I love the view point you have on the flowers. I like how you got down low to take that shot. Very beautiful pictures.