I finally had a few minutes after work (and doing some dishes - blah) to edit my trip pics and they are uploading as I type. If a pic isn't showing up give it a few minutes and it should finish (I have dialup and it takes a while, these pics are a bit larger as well)
I had monday morning off because of being scheduled to work the whole weekend, so Ken Hull and I traveled to Labrador Hollow Unique Area to check out the five native orchids that can be found there. We didn't see any pink ladyslipper flowers in the spot we check out, just a few plants. Saw some club spur orchis plants and old seed pods, a few early coralroot (would be lots more if we were closer to the lake) and a bunch of heartleaf twayblades scattered all around making safe walking very difficult in some spots. It seems like there were more yellow ladyslippers this year, but the very largest clumps I saw weren't around this year, and one looked like it had been grazed by deer (stupid walking hedge trimmers...). I did spot a few unusual things though
this was the first time I noticed a plant with multiple stems with two flowers each. this plant had three stems and two flowers on each stem. I didn't see any other plants with two flowers per stem like this one
with this angle you can see the double flowers better
this plant was a little odd looking! the lower sepals point almost straight sideways, and didn't twist very much. this was the only atypical one I saw though there were hundreds I didn't look closely at. fairly dark red color, though, in comparison to most of what you see here
just a closer view of 'yosemite sam'... (smile)
a very nice clump though not the largest I've seen by any means
this small clump was interesting because it was growing only out of one of the small sphagnum moss hummocks
there were quite a few heartleaf twayblades scattered around, but I wasn't in the mood of trying to get pictures of them. one symptom of having to work all the time is that I don't feel like doing very much when I do have time off, just want to sit back and relax (off of my feet). I also think I was a bit dehydrated which happens alot
I only took pics of one plant; successively closer pics to show detail (and the wind was blowing so trying to make sure something turned out clearly
also interesting but somewhat small and difficult to get a good picture of, is early coralroot. a light green and white, small plant can be quite difficult to get a good picture of against a mostly green and brown background. I don't think I yet have what I would call an excellent picture of early coralroot
I had monday morning off because of being scheduled to work the whole weekend, so Ken Hull and I traveled to Labrador Hollow Unique Area to check out the five native orchids that can be found there. We didn't see any pink ladyslipper flowers in the spot we check out, just a few plants. Saw some club spur orchis plants and old seed pods, a few early coralroot (would be lots more if we were closer to the lake) and a bunch of heartleaf twayblades scattered all around making safe walking very difficult in some spots. It seems like there were more yellow ladyslippers this year, but the very largest clumps I saw weren't around this year, and one looked like it had been grazed by deer (stupid walking hedge trimmers...). I did spot a few unusual things though
this was the first time I noticed a plant with multiple stems with two flowers each. this plant had three stems and two flowers on each stem. I didn't see any other plants with two flowers per stem like this one
with this angle you can see the double flowers better
this plant was a little odd looking! the lower sepals point almost straight sideways, and didn't twist very much. this was the only atypical one I saw though there were hundreds I didn't look closely at. fairly dark red color, though, in comparison to most of what you see here
just a closer view of 'yosemite sam'... (smile)
a very nice clump though not the largest I've seen by any means
this small clump was interesting because it was growing only out of one of the small sphagnum moss hummocks
there were quite a few heartleaf twayblades scattered around, but I wasn't in the mood of trying to get pictures of them. one symptom of having to work all the time is that I don't feel like doing very much when I do have time off, just want to sit back and relax (off of my feet). I also think I was a bit dehydrated which happens alot
I only took pics of one plant; successively closer pics to show detail (and the wind was blowing so trying to make sure something turned out clearly
also interesting but somewhat small and difficult to get a good picture of, is early coralroot. a light green and white, small plant can be quite difficult to get a good picture of against a mostly green and brown background. I don't think I yet have what I would call an excellent picture of early coralroot