[QUOTE=Phlosphr]
Here’s another cool lady slipper. And This may be in the lilly family. Not sure…
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Paphiopedalum orchid of unknown variety, and a day lilly (Hemerocallis).
Since the paph is tropical, I’m guessing you didn’t find that in a vernal pool area.
[QUOTE=Bewildebeest]
Paphiopedalum orchid of unknown variety, and a day lilly (Hemerocallis).
Since the paph is tropical, I’m guessing you didn’t find that in a vernal pool area.
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Nope, not in a vernal pool, just another look at a foreign lady slipper.
[QUOTE=Phlosphr]
Here’s another cool lady slipper. And This may be in the lilly family. Not sure…
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The second one is edible, y’know. And very tasty - crunchy and sweet, with a little drop of some indescribably delicious liquid at the bottom of each petal. The buds (before the flower opens) are very good stir fried, steamed, or eaten raw in salads. My favorite, however, is to just pick an open flower from a plant away from roads and pesticides and much it raw while on a walk!
(Of course, never pick a plant without its owner’s permission, but daylilies are not on any threatened or endangered lists that I’m aware of, and one can take quite a few flowers without threatening the continuation of the plant in the area.)
[QUOTE=Phlosphr]
I should have been more specific…I work for an environmental non-profit organization i.e. dirt worshipping treehuggers. I will not even touch the flowers I photograph. Let alone rip their frail roots from the ground. Most if not all of the flowers I photograph are found in vernal pool areas, low lying deciduous forests where there are a lot of mosses and ancient creek beds. I live in an environ that would not support these flowers, the best part about them is where they are from. Not a lot of people around here see these. So the only lasting impression they will give, is with a frame around their photograph hanging in my study.
I love the reaction people have when I tell them I photographed these flowers in my back wood. They never believe me. It’s humorous 
Thanks all for the identifiers. I’ll post some more after tomorrows hike.
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Very nice photos - I was relieved to see them in their natural habitat when I clicked the link - I was afraid when I opened the thread that ther’d be pictures of the flowers laying on your kitchen table or something. May I ask where abouts you live?
[QUOTE=neorxnawange]
Very nice photos - I was relieved to see them in their natural habitat when I clicked the link - I was afraid when I opened the thread that ther’d be pictures of the flowers laying on your kitchen table or something. May I ask where abouts you live?
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Coastal Connecticut.
Best part of CT is you have ocean on one side, and rolling hills and thriving ecosystems on the other.
