June in May

[Frederick W. Schueler]

Everyone,

I won't mention the location, because so often Lady Slippers get dug up
if the wrong kind of "people" learn where they are, but there's a road
where we monitor the occurrence of the small yellow Lady Slipper, and
except for one record on 29 May 1995, all the previous sightings have
been in early June, but just now they were in bloom at multiple sites
along the road.

Since April's interruption of the extremely early spring by snow, I
haven't been comparing dates, but it looks like we're back on track
earlier than things have been before.

fred. p.s. The SUBJECT line is inspired by the Lake-June-in-Winter in
Florida.
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[rmb...@istar.ca]

I'll have to walk down the 2 streambeds where there used to be jack in
the pulpits and see how they're doing. My ex had a farm near Mount
Forest, about 20 years ago I would go back into the cedar thicket/fen
with my camera to see the showy lady's slippers and other orchids. It
was a tough walk to get in there and I was the only one craxy enough
to clamber and climb through the thick cedar mess and feed the clouds
of mosquitoes, but it was well worth the struggle.

RoseMarie




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