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tmulcahy — Half Inch Orchid

Published: 2009-05-25 16:57:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 168; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 5
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Description Called the most beautiful terrestrial orchid in North America, this Calypso bulbosa is known as the calypso orchid, fairy slipper or Venus's slipper.
This rare little orchid stood about 3 inches off the ground, with a flower about 1/2 inch in diameter, which made photography difficult from this angle.
I had to lay in the wet, muddy forest floor to get this shot.
I photographed it on a hike near the Crest of the Sandia mountains by Albuquerque, on May 24, 2009.
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Comments: 6

AcinaD [2010-12-04 20:27:28 +0000 UTC]

Yes, the fairy slipper "calypso" orchid...a beautiful flower indeed! New Mexico and Arizona have some orchids that can be found nowhere else in the world, and you have made this beauty seem as such. Great work!

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tmulcahy In reply to AcinaD [2010-12-05 01:56:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Dani-Claw [2009-07-07 05:27:59 +0000 UTC]

Incredible capture! Such a beautiful place...

I still need to go there before summer's up....

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tmulcahy In reply to Dani-Claw [2009-07-07 19:06:03 +0000 UTC]

You should. There are wildflowers everywhere.

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isischneider [2009-05-25 17:02:33 +0000 UTC]

wonderful detailed shot

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tmulcahy In reply to isischneider [2009-05-25 17:09:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I guess it came out OK. I'm always a little rushed because of the need to move on. I should do some of these mountain hikes by myself so I could spend more time with each thing I'm trying to photograph. I'd probably get lost however.

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