June 28, 2017

Spotted Lady's Slipper (June 26th)

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

We went to see if any Anticlea elegans (Mountain Death Camas) flowers are blooming at the Grapefruit Rocks area and we encountered a huge surprise!
We found another kind of lady's slipper orchid.
When I looked up the latin name for this species of orchid, I found out that this species also grows in Japan.  But it is really rare and evaluated as a critically endangered species by Ministry of the Environment there, so they fenced its habitat in Akita prefecture in north-eastern part of Japan.
On the other hand, here, we found them right by our rig parked.

5月末にトチナイソウを見つけたGrapefruit Rocksにまた行ってみたら、これまた別のアツモリソウの仲間に遭遇しました。
これまた、とめた車のすぐ脇で予期せず発見しました。
学名を調べると、日本でも秋田県のごく一部の地域に自生するという「チョウセンキバナアツモリソウ」と同じもののようです。
 
Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper).

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