Finding wild Orchids growing in the forest always feels like finding a little treasure, a treasure offered by the forest itself. Sometimes the treasure is small and hidden deep in the undergrowth as was the fairy slipper above.
Other times the treasure sits alone in the forest waiting for you to some along as this spring coral root did on recent day.
And every once in awhile the treasure sings out to you saying look at me as the Striped Coralroot has a habit to do.
Any time I find these orchids growing in the forest it does indeed feel like finding a small treasure that brightens the day.
nature has no boss 
I can imagine. You’ve brightened my day too.
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Exciting and beautiful finds. I love the name ‘fairy slipper.’ 🙂
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Really beautiful, thank you for sharing 🙂
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I agree…I feel rewarded every time I find them (https://wordpress.com/post/ramblingswithranger.wordpress.com/3783). I can’t believe we have a patch of 20 fairy slippers in our yard. I recently saw some stream orchids which I had never seen before.
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Gorgeous landscape vignettes!
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You bet! These are beautiful and rare, unless you’re in the right place…
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Awesome
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