Vegetation & Wildflowers
Thanks for visiting this gallery. All images are copyrighted, but are available for purchase as a print or downloads via the Buy button. In addition to fine art prints, buy lots of neat things with these images, such as a puzzle, key chain, deck of playing cards, or t-shirt. Or contact me via the contact link for any special requests or inquiries.
Cedar Forest Denizen
Close-up blossom of a fairy slipper, or calypso orchid (Calypso bulbosa), an inconspicuous, relatively threatened member of sheltered northern white cedar and other mesic conifer forest floors.
Considered the most beautiful orchid in North America, this petite species blooms in late-May or early-June in northern Minnesota, when it deceives certain bee species into pollinating it by mimicing other flowers that have nectar.
1014 cm tallCalypso bulbosa var. americanaLake of the Woods CountyMinnesotaRed Lake WMARooseveltVenus's slipperbloom in northern Minneota in May and earlyJunecalypso orchidconifer forest floorsdeer's head orchiddisturbance sensitivefairy slipperfairy slipper orchidfavor sheltered areas on moisthider of the northlives no more than 5 yearsmycorrhizal dependence on specific soil fungipollinated by bumble beesthreatened status
