Two calypso orchids on a bed of fir needles and sheltered by fir branches. Each orchid has a single leaf at the base of a reddish brown stem going up to the flower. The lower petal is pink with yellow below reddish stripes. The top petal forms a darker pink hood with horns. For more, see https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/calypso-orchid.htm

Whispering secrets
Held by calypso orchids
Shrouded in forest

#poetry #haiku #bloomscrolling #orchid #fairyslippers #calypsoorchid

Calypso orchids, also called fairy slippers. I haven’t seen the yellow variety before.
#orchids #yukonflowers #calypsoorchid #fairyslippers

Spotted some fairies in the moss today.
These Calypso orchids (aka fairy slippers) are one of my favorite finds on Vancouver Island — delicate, rare, and thriving quietly in the forest floor

Not picked, just admired.

#FairySlippers #CalypsoOrchid #ForestMagic #Wildflowers #LeaveNoTrace #HikingBC

The #FairySlippers are back at Longmire. What do you call them? #CalypsoOrchids? #FairySlippers? Or????

#PNWwildflowers
#PNW
#Wildflowers
#mountRainier

The sin shines from behind an light pink and white apple blossom at the golden hour

The light of the sun reflects onto a lone, pink and white fairy lantern wildflower

Tiny orange, wildflowers, called fairy slippers, crawl up into the sunlight from a pine needle covered ground

#Flowers are starting to bloom in #northernCalifornia. Two are #native Californian #wildflowers and the other is an apple tree #blossom. I made so many apple crisp pies from that tree. #fairylanterns are my favorite, and then #fairyslippers come at just the right time #garden #photography #plants