Wild Lady's Slipper Orchid

Well, our intrepid Richard...aka Granola Maker.... has been so impressive with his ability to chop down trees, create paths thro the bush, and generally make the forest and surrounding area here at Big Hill much more beautiful. Then this morning he announced to me that he'd come across this most strange flower in a part of the forest that i knew off, and that he'd come across quite by accident, and almost destroyed with the dead tree he was dragging along the path. When he described it to me, i thought..... wild orchid....could it be!!!! So this evening after working in the studio i headed off into the forest, with the dogs and my camera.....and many black fly, mosquitoes and deer fly too!!!! And low and behold, it was indeed a wild lady slipper orchid....boy was i ecstatic!!!!

So, here it is....way to go Richard!!!