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Spring Orchids 2012

2012 has been a very different season in the northeast this year. The orchid populations are very stressed due to a dry, warm winter and many populations that I monitor simply didn't come up at all, choosing to remain dormant (hopefully). I did find some nice yellow lady's-slippers and putty root in New Jersey (blooming 3 weeks early!) and revisited a fen festooned with showy lady's-slippers in central New York state, where fellow orchid-maniac Matt Young showed Eric Lamont and myself 14 species of orchids (9 were in bloom) in a busy day of fen hopping. And to further add to the strange year that this has been, my dear wife Jackie had to undergo major surgery on May 11. It was thankfully a success and she is expected to make a full recovery.
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/28/12 New Jersey
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/28/12 New Jersey		 Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/28/12 New Jersey
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/28/12 New Jersey		 Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/28/12 New Jersey
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/28/12 New Jersey		 Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/28/12 New Jersey
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/28/12 New Jersey		 Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/28/12 New Jersey
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/28/12 New Jersey		 Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/28/12 New Jersey
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/28/12 New Jersey		 Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/28/12 New Jersey
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/28/12 New Jersey		 Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/28/12 New Jersey
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/28/12 New Jersey
Mrs. Nelson finds a comfortable resting spot while the photographer works.
Mrs. Nelson finds a comfortable resting spot while the photographer works.		 Jackie, Johanna and Christina with a yellow lady's-slipper.
Jackie, Johanna and Christina with a yellow lady's-slipper.		 Happy in the woods! The family is very careful not to trample the orchids while I photograph...
Happy in the woods! The family is very careful not to trample the orchids while I photograph...		 Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/30/12 New Jersey
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/30/12 New Jersey		 Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/30/12 New Jersey
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) 4/30/12 New Jersey		 Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) emerging blooms. 4/30/12 New Jersey
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady's-slipper) emerging blooms. 4/30/12 New Jersey		 Aplectrum hyemale (Putty root) 5/28/12 New Jersey
Aplectrum hyemale (Putty root) 5/28/12 New Jersey		 Aplectrum hyemale (Putty root) 5/28/12 New Jersey
Aplectrum hyemale (Putty root) 5/28/12 New Jersey
Aplectrum hyemale (Putty root) 5/28/12 New Jersey
Aplectrum hyemale (Putty root) 5/28/12 New Jersey		 Cypripedium reginae (showy lady's-slipper) 6/18/12 New York
Cypripedium reginae (showy lady's-slipper) 6/18/12 New York		 Cypripedium reginae (showy lady's-slipper) 6/18/12 New York
Cypripedium reginae (showy lady's-slipper) 6/18/12 New York		 Cypripedium reginae (showy lady's-slipper) 6/18/12 New York
Cypripedium reginae (showy lady's-slipper) 6/18/12 New York		 Cypripedium reginae (showy lady's-slipper) 6/18/12 New York
Cypripedium reginae (showy lady's-slipper) 6/18/12 New York		 Cypripedium reginae (showy lady's-slipper) 6/18/12 New York
Cypripedium reginae (showy lady's-slipper) 6/18/12 New York		 Cypripedium reginae (showy lady's-slipper) 6/18/12 New York
Cypripedium reginae (showy lady's-slipper) 6/18/12 New York

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Jim Fowler24-Jun-2012 16:09
Excellent work, Tom! I really like the dark backgrounds on the slipper orchids. Makes them really pop!
Shirley 24-Jun-2012 00:13
More beautiful photos by Mister Tom. Great work again, and much appreciated.
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