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Last Friday I embarked on my weekend-long Tour de Cypripedium.
My first stop was in Cooper's Rock State Forest where I found Cypripedium acaule growing in a dry, oaky forest with the occasional mountain laurel:
Next, I photographed some high elevation Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens along the Appalachian Trail in Shenandoah National Park:
Finally, I concluded the trip by stopping by the Maryland disjunct population of Cypripedium candidum. This is quite the strange (and dangerous) site. It is an incredibly steep talus limestone hill. The Cypripedium candidum tend to grow on top of large limestone slabs that sort of terrace the hill. As you can see, I was a few days late:
My first stop was in Cooper's Rock State Forest where I found Cypripedium acaule growing in a dry, oaky forest with the occasional mountain laurel:
Next, I photographed some high elevation Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens along the Appalachian Trail in Shenandoah National Park:
Finally, I concluded the trip by stopping by the Maryland disjunct population of Cypripedium candidum. This is quite the strange (and dangerous) site. It is an incredibly steep talus limestone hill. The Cypripedium candidum tend to grow on top of large limestone slabs that sort of terrace the hill. As you can see, I was a few days late:
