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Pink Lady's Slipper

Cypripedium acaule

Notes:

It is recommended that this plant not be picked, because if it's blossom cycle does not cycle fully, it will not reproduce. Spotted in the woods near Shubenacadie Canal in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Taken with Canon Rebel EOS XS w/ EF-S 55-250mm IS Zoom Lens.

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10 Comments

MaryOhkwari
MaryOhkwari 12 years ago

Awesome spotting, a lot clearer than mine. ;) Thanks for sharing.

Ariana
Ariana 12 years ago

Great picture, I snapped on of the same flower a few months ago.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/636...

MaryOhkwari
MaryOhkwari 12 years ago

Thank you kindly :) Coming from you that's a great compliment.

João Mourão
João Mourão 12 years ago

Spectacular. Lovely and technically perfect.

MaryOhkwari
MaryOhkwari 12 years ago

Thanks Dan! :)

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Great shot!

MaryOhkwari
MaryOhkwari 12 years ago

:) She's a wonderful gardener, I love to hear her knowledge of the local plant life.

Elsa
Elsa 12 years ago

Wise words from your granny - now I know too :)

MaryOhkwari
MaryOhkwari 12 years ago

Thank you! I have a lovely memory of walking along a brook in a park near my grandmother's house one year, and seeing many of these beautiful rare plants. She told me never to pick them, as lovely as they were, because of their intricate reproduction pattern.

Elsa
Elsa 12 years ago

Beautiful photo of a beautiful flower!

MaryOhkwari
Spotted by
MaryOhkwari

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Spotted on Jun 26, 2011
Submitted on Jun 26, 2011

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