Showing posts with label iris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iris. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Orchids

I'm proud to announce that I've seen my first wild orchids!

Here's a showy orchis that Chris snapped:

All photos by E.A. Seagraves or Christopher Brooke/Do not use without permission.

Gorgeous, huh?

For over a week we kept an eye on the beauty, waiting for it to bloom. I've always wanted to see a lady slipper but I was frightened that a mid-April frost claimed it and ruined my chances for seeing one. Luckily it survived.



Chris and I tried several shots before we could finally snap this lady slipper. I'm proud to say this is my very own wildflower shot. Chris was jealous, but not for long. I reminded him that he gets to take all kinds of beautiful flower photos and should be happy that I actually caught one on camera.

Here's some of the beauties Chris has taken recently. The first three are trilliums and the last is a wild dwarf iris: