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Posted: April 29 2007 at 9:27am | IP Logged Quote Ruth
My husband found this flower on a walk this morning. Does anyone know what it is? It is so beautiful.

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Posted: April 29 2007 at 9:47am | IP Logged Quote juststartn
Looks like a lady slipper. DO NOT MOVE THIS THING.

It's not easy to grow, and is a lovely wildflower...

Here's a link to various images of different lady's slipper flowers.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image s&imgsz=all&imgc=&vf=all&va=lady+slipper+flower&fr=&ei=UTF-8

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Posted: April 29 2007 at 9:59am | IP Logged Quote MacBeth
juststartn wrote:
Looks like a lady slipper. DO NOT MOVE THIS THING.



Beautiful! They grow in our local forests. We can call them "Our Lady's Slippers" .

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Posted: April 29 2007 at 9:59am | IP Logged Quote lilac hill
Lucky you, that looks like the Lady's Slippers we have blooming in the beginning of June.
They are pretty fussy about where they grow so consider yourself lucky to have them, at least I do.

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Posted: April 29 2007 at 10:06am | IP Logged Quote juststartn
You know, if anything, I'd make sure to mark off the area so it doesn't get trampled. As someone else said, they are picky...and don't need to be disturbed...

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Posted: April 29 2007 at 10:29am | IP Logged Quote lapazfarm
I am so jealous! And I echo what others have said about being very picky where they grow. The nice thing is that now you know where it is, you can revisit it year after year!

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Oh, Ruth! That is one of the loveliest flowers I have seen! Consider yourself blessed.

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Posted: April 29 2007 at 12:26pm | IP Logged Quote Ruth
Too bad it's not in our property It belongs to the church behind our 1/2 acre land.

Thanks for your comments. We had no idea. It is so beautiful!!!!!

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Posted: April 30 2007 at 7:45am | IP Logged Quote J.Anne
Amazing. I have never seen one growing wild.

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