cyp reginae+ in situ

[cnycharles]

after seeing the platanthera grandiflora and the spiranthes lucida, Ken Hull and I went over to see one of the fens with showy ladyslippers. father's day is usually a good target date to see them in central ny and the adirondacks

 

[cnycharles]

 

[Erythrone]

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[NYEric]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Secundino]

So plentiful - thanks for this nice photographs!

 

[cnycharles]

yw
here is an in situ site video of the showy orchid fen

http://www.cnyos.org/exdisp/video/mcleanshowy.mp4

 

[Rick]

Like Phrag fisheri on steroids!!

 

[mrhappyrotter]

This is one that's on my list to see in the wild some day. The flowers look so big.

I think this is a fascinating example of convergent evolution, amongst Cyp. reginae, Paph. delenatii (and relatives), and Phrag. schlimii (and relatives). Light or white petals, contrasting pink/purple pouches, they all incorporate yellow in the staminode, and all of them are, or can be, fragrant.

 

[SlipperFan]

The Cyps are blooming now???

 

[Migrant13]

Thanks for the tour. A treat to see these in situ.

 

[Stone]

Beautiful. Why don't mine look like that?

 

[abax]

Cyp. Showy is my favorite Cyp. and they are lovely. The
maximum conditions for them are very hard to re-
create however. Trying to build an artificial fen is a challenging prospect...ouchy vines and all.

 

[JeanLux]

Cool pics Charles!!!! At what time of the year? Jean

 

[naoki]

It is a magnificent species, I'd love to see them in the field! Thank you for sharing.

 

[cnycharles]

This was a mid-June trip. Just having time now to edit and upload. Took a few hours after work yesterday alone to convert and upload videos from work computer

 

[Justin]

very nice! i hope to get out to see them here in ohio one of these years.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

I've never seen this species in the wild before - one day. Thanks for the pics!

 

[17andgrowing]

Lovely.

 

[Happypaphy7]

Lovely sight!

I have a friend who has this species in the back yard.

Is that brown moth out of the pouch of the flower?
I couldn't quite make out what it is that is inside the pouch??

 

[cnycharles]

Yes, it was inside; also showing some of the color inside