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5/12/15

PRINCESS OF THE WOODS

5/12/2015
     Flowers in the Smokies are varied and plentiful.  I am often asked about different flowers by hikers.  I look forward all the varieties but especially the LADY SLIPPERS which are poking out of the ground and some days from full bloom.
     I have found several locations for the Pink ones, with 50 or more in one particular area, 100 feet north of the "Throne" and about halfway to Shuckstack from Fontana Trailhead.
     The larger, showier YELLOW Slippers I have found are in only one place and never more than 2 blooms.  The YELLOW ones are about 1 week later than the Pink and should be in bloom with two weeks.

 
Ah!  May 10, 2015. 
It is 15" tall, and in all it's glory -
PRINCESS OF THE WOODS
Our one lone
 YELLOW Lady Slipper

 
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