#fairyslipper

Our first meeting of Ash is her being obsessed with shoes, Justine’s webisode centres around tattered shoes and crystal … her whole story arc is learning to tie her shoes

Fairyslipper

Venus’s Slipper - Calypso Bulbosa ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #wildflower #wildflowers #wildorchid #orchid #mountainflowers #flower #purpleflower #purplewildflower #plants #springtime #spring #springflowers #nature #naturelovers #hiking #hikingadventures #montana #montanamoment #fairyslipper #venus #venussslipper #calypso #calypsobulbosa #naturephotography #photography #nofilter #plantmagic #animism #motherearth #hermeticmountain

Fairyslipper Orchids (Calypso Bulbosa) are a beautiful orchid native to the forests of the Pacific Northwest. They grow in rich soils in thick forests and depend on soil fungi for providing nutrients. Each individual fairyslipper has only one leaf and one blossom. These orchids depend on pollination by deception in that they lure insects to visit their deliciously perfumed blossoms, but no reward of nourishing nectar is provided. They also attract photographers and botanical enthusiasts like myself and my good friend Lorien Inksong. We get the reward of taking home some nice photos to share here.

Calypso orchid, Calypso bulbosa, by Elsie Louise Shaw circa 1900.