Cypripedium acaule, Pink Lady Slipper Orchid

Climbing out of Pearisburg my dad spotted a flower.

Turned out to be a flowering lady slipper orchid! SWEET! We’ve seen lots of foliage but haven’t seen anything in bloom yet.

On the way out on Wednesday we found a whole bunch of them! Pretty nice to see!

I wondered how many other people walked right on by and didn’t notice? Sometimes you get involved in the one foot in front of the other and forget to look around—rather, if you look around you end up tripping on a rock or stump.