new england orchid trip part 1

[cnycharles]

yesterday ken and I were in connecticut for a few hours while on the way to long island to take native orchid pictures and just have a good time 'not' being at work! ken is retired so it wasn't that big a deal for him but... I was happy.

we were at an old cemetery in rural connecticut. an older couple has been caring for some platanthera ciliaris which were in nice shape. the spot that they rope off for orchids has been growing

ken setting up to take some pictures of the yellow fringed orchid

a pale version of the ciliaris

 

[NYEric]

Nice, thanx for posting, hope you got some good seafood in LI.

 

[cnycharles]

(!) I just posted those pics about 30 seconds ago! yes, the lobster roll (sandwich) was excellent. I wanted to eat some fresh fish and also some crabcakes as well as their reputation for extremely fresh food is very good, but the roll was steep enough though well worth it if only done every few years or so.

today's pics will be posted in a little bit (pear sorbet sounds good!)

 

[NYEric]

(!) I just posted those pics about 30 seconds ago!

We are legion! :evil:

 

[JeanLux]

great pics, esp. close-up of those yellow beauties!!!! Jean

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

A lovely species, but I've always wondered why it is called the yellow fringed orchid - the flowers are invariably orange, so how about "the apricot fringed orchid" instead?! Do they usually flower this late in the season at this location?

 

[ORG]

Really a wonderful species
thanks

Olaf

 

[aquacorps]

Lovely Winthrop, Connecticut!

 

[SlipperFan]

Tom makes a good point. Plus I think orange isn't so common a color in orchids, and this one is really sweet!

 

[cnycharles]

A lovely species, but I've always wondered why it is called the yellow fringed orchid - the flowers are invariably orange, so how about "the apricot fringed orchid" instead?! Do they usually flower this late in the season at this location?

*finally home and waking up
apricot fringed orchis sounds good to me; it definitely is more orange than yellow. this is a normal flowering time, and most of them are at the tail end of their flowering though a few plants had a few buds more to go. this orchid used to be and maybe could still be hidden somewhere in central ny, though spots used to be at places like sylvan beach on oneida lake and other places that either have been developed, or succession has crowded them out. there are lots of spots in the rome sand plains and general area where there is thick brush and forbidding territory to cross, but to keep this around likely areas would need periodic natural fires to keep them cleaned out