Looking for Ladyslippers
It’s mid-May, around when the ladyslippers bloom. The only orchid in this part of the country, they bloom pink for a week in May. I went to the Atkins reservoir where there are some patches, but nothing. I saw some pretty white star flowers and some other tubular white blooms, but it seemed early. There was a deep freeze a couple of weeks back which killed the asparagus and I thought that might have done in the ladyslippers too.
I went to the tiny spit that sometimes connects with the tiny island–the entire reservoir is pretty small–where the largest patch I know is. One green flower, not yet opened. Two more plants without blooms.
On the way back, I checked another stand. As so often happens with ladyslippers, I looked fruitlessly and when I turned around, there was another unopened flower.
In a week, maybe this weekend even, I’ll come back and check out the blooms.