Lady Slipper

Guest - Jun 22, 2007 06:25 PM EDT
Thanks for the great comments Mary,Anne,and Lorraine,I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for all the info Mary,I didn't know that.

Guest - Jun 22, 2007 05:18 PM EDT
very odd looking flower, I've never seen anything like them before other than on here, great capture, thankyou for sharing.

Guest - Jun 22, 2007 01:16 PM EDT
Thanks again, Whittler. These flowers were scarce when I was a kid in WVa. but we do see them occasionally. Your picture is exquisite. Thanks for the memories. Anne

Guest - Jun 22, 2007 11:51 AM EDT
Beautiful macro of this beautiful orchid. Did you know they can live for 50 years, which they pretty well have to because their reproduction relies so much on chance: they can't self-pollinate and have no nectar to attract syrup-sucking bugs, so they have to live in the hope that wandering insects will blunder into them. Very few flowers get pollinated, but when they do, a single flower can produce up to 35,000 seeds. Just some interesting info I came across.