27 February 2023

Awesome ladyslippers


Paphiopedilum callosum, one of the lady's slipper orchids.  Some of my fond memories of summertime in northern Minnesota involve encounters with lady's slippers such as the pink-and-white state flower -


- or the more common yellow ones -


The image embedded at the top is from a Guardian article about the illegal trade and black market for orchids worldwide, many of them rescued and rehabbed by the New York Botanical Garden (featured in the article).

1 comment:

  1. Fond memories of the pink and white ones and a bunch wild of baby rabbits.
    xoxoxoBruce

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