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Slippery Lady

Photography Flowers/Plants posted on Jun 24, 2008
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Lady Slippers is the correct name for this fragile flower.

Comments (13)


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Jennyfnf

12:25AM | Tue, 24 June 2008

You are so lucky to have these growing wild, and this is a perfectly beautiful shot. I have never seen one outside of a picture. I got this info from the BBC site. "The Ladies' Slipper Orchid is Britain's biggest and most beautiful orchid. It's also the rarest. The flower was so desirable that by 1916 it was thought to be extinct, picked out of existence by over-eager horticulturists and collectors. Amazingly though, a single specimen was discovered, by chance, in 1930 enabling a reintroduction programme that continues to this day. Given the fragile nature and exclusivity of the beautiful flower, the project remains classified and the location of the orchids introduced back into the wild has been kept secret in order to safeguard the species. The orchid is thought to be one of the slowest growing plants in the world and can take between 10 to 12 years to grow from seed to flowering size"

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babuci

1:01AM | Tue, 24 June 2008

So sweet and a fantastic capture of these little flowers.

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Meisiekind

3:26AM | Tue, 24 June 2008

So cute - they look like little ballet slippers!! :)

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GBCalls

6:01AM | Tue, 24 June 2008

A super shot. These are different from our wild ladyslippers here. Well done!

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amlondono

3:48PM | Tue, 24 June 2008

Superb shot , beautiful orchid , so delicate , Ana

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kimariehere

8:53PM | Tue, 24 June 2008

i have always wanted to see these in person never have though... beautiful capture of these wonderful lady slippers!!!

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Aioros

12:17AM | Wed, 25 June 2008

Beautiful flower , great shot.

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shutterbugs

10:19AM | Wed, 25 June 2008

That's a very unique flower and capture!!!!

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Jay-el-Jay

4:32PM | Wed, 25 June 2008

Nice shot.It is easy to see how they came up with the name.

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miincdesign

5:29PM | Wed, 25 June 2008

Oooh, what a great flower, and wonderful capture. Nicely done!

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tresamie

9:33PM | Fri, 27 June 2008

So delicate and delightful!

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three_grrr

11:39AM | Mon, 07 July 2008

Oh wow! What a capture! I've never seen one growing either!

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Blush

1:31AM | Tue, 29 July 2008

I have combed the woods looking for this wild flower Yet to find one..when and if I do gonna dig it up and plant it in a cool shady spot and cross my fingers it survives... Your lucky to have this so close to you It sure does look different than ours does..... Hugs Susan~


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Photograph Details
F Numberf/6.0
MakeNIKON CORPORATION
ModelNIKON D80
Shutter Speed10/1250
ISO Speed100
Focal Length110

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