"Moccasin Flower" (pics)

[jonny_redhorse]

The rains subsided for awhile this morning and the sun actually peaked out for a "tat"...of course I took advantage of it ...I was in a foot of water in a spruce bog to get these images of the moccasin flower(stemless lady slipper) and the skeeters were starting to swarm

[MN Shutterbug]

What a photographer won't go thru to get a great photo. I especially like the third one.

[Steve Foss]

Third one's the charm for me too, Jonny. I was out with excursion clients yesterday, and all the ones up here we could find were the deeper purple, signifying they were just at their prime and about to decline. I didn't see any of the younger, paler blooms like most of yours. Same thing today, when I was out in a different direction from Ely. Almost all I have are the dark older blooms, and I'd like to get more of those pale ones. Could be I missed it for this year. We'll see.

[jonny_redhorse]

thanks guys!...Steve, the blooms are only 1 or 2 days old...I've been watching about 4-5 clusters of these slippers for about a week or so...some have yet to fully open...I also noticed that in this particular area that there aren't as many blooms as last year...last year there must have been 50-60 blooms in a hundred foot area...so far maybe 15 or so blooms same area...one of my favorites in the flower world

same cluster of blooms about 2 days ago...

[Swimmer]

Great shots, as usual, Jonny. THese flowers are the beauties of the world.