Went back to where I used to live in the foothills of the Cabinet Mountains in NW Montana and was thrilled to catch sight of a Cypripedium montanum clump thriving along the roadside. Found a newer one about to open, too!
The flowers were much more petite than I remembered! I had some green (album?) forms on my old property that I remember being bigger. But it's been a while and time does play tricks on memories!
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Size medium glove hand for scale (I had nothing else!)
The flowers were much more petite than I remembered! I had some green (album?) forms on my old property that I remember being bigger. But it's been a while and time does play tricks on memories!
![1000026101.jpg 1000026101.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/45/45918-76a546898466d5759f1ad1a0f776eeac.jpg)
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Size medium glove hand for scale (I had nothing else!)