Wildflower
Field notes: Fairy Slipper is a very rare wildflower... in
fact its endangered. One could look for years and never find this fascinating
Orchid. You could imagine our excitement when we found this little
gem. The leaves in the picture do not belong to the Fairy Slipper.
This plant grows from a bulb and only produces a single round leaf
near the ground. Within a week or two of flowering the leaf dried
up and the entire plant seemed to vanish.
If you want to try to locate a Calypso bulbosa look on north
facing mossy slopes in the pine forest. Fairy Slipper prefers
moist, shady areas.
