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Calipso Orchid


Calipso Orchid
Photo Information
Copyright: Julie Wyatt (j_wyatt) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 146 W: 44 N: 211] (1229)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-04-30
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Canon Powershot G2
Exposure: f/2, 1/25 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Orchids (wild), Wild Flowers [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-04-30 23:25
Viewed: 1808
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I took this photo of a wild Calipso Orchid on the Soda Peaks trail in the Trapper Creek Wilderness North of Carson, WA where I live.

Lady slipper orchid (Calypso bulbosa) is a beautiful wildflower with simple stems arising from 5-20 cm from an ovoid corm. The stems are reddish and smooth (not haired). A ovate-elliptic to oblong-ovate leaf from 3-6 cm long and parallel veined may be found at ground level, attached to the top of the corm. The long slender petiole is about as long as the leaf blade. This leaf is produced in the fall and persists to the spring before withering after bloom in the summer.

Habitat:
The lady slipper orchid may be found in cool, moist, shady forests in soils rich with decaying leaves, needles, and wood. It may be found from near sea level to fairly high in the mountains.

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Range:
The lady slipper orchid is found over much of Eurasia and North America. Of the latter continent, it may be found from Alaska to Labrador and southwards to California, Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan, New York, and Maine.

In the Columbia River Gorge, it may be found between the elevations of 100'-3300' from about Larch Mt. east to about Lyle, WA.
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Julie, A very nice photo on this wild orchid. Color, composition, and framing are very good. I think it justs need alittle more DOF. At f2 it is tough to get all your subject in decent focus at that close of a shot. Since you are hiking, do you carry a tripod? This is a difficult shot to hand hold. Excellent notes!

Compared to all the shots I took of this flower this one turned out great! I wonder why this particular flower is so hard to photograph?? The water on it enhances the shot well, and you got the color right I think. Well done....tripodless as we are on our hikes.

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  • honza Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 537 W: 0 N: 716] (4191)
  • [2005-06-25 16:14]

Very nice and rare photo of this orchid. Nice composition, good sharpness and colors. I like the water drops on flower.

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