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A springtime walk

First around the yard. Lots of things starting to bloom, but these caught my eye.

An old fashioned flowering quince. You see a lot of these on older homesteads and the parents of these were probably planted soon after the house was finished in 1947.

And the flowers of Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) are another of our early bloomers.

And then into the woods above the house.

Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum) is one of the early indicators of spring.

And our pretty little Wood Violet seems to be everywhere on floor of the woods.

And finally, the elusive Calypso Orchid (Calypso bulbosa). We’ve got our own little plot of these native orchids and the patch seems to grow larger each year. This is one of the larger groups. Each little purple spot is an orchid.
Calypso Group

And a closeup.
Calypso Orchid

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This entry was posted on Friday, April 6th, 2007 at 9:25 PM and filed under Plants.
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Comments (7) to “A springtime walk”

Suz wrote:

Very pretty. I love the early blooms, they give such hope.

We’re due for snow later today. Yes. I said snow!

Posted on 07-Apr-07 at 12:31 am | Permalink
Bets wrote:

They are all beautiful and delightful, thanks!

Posted on 07-Apr-07 at 3:13 am | Permalink
Barbara-Kay wrote:

Wow - so many things I had read about, but never seen. I had to call out your blog to DH at his computer - “Just beautiful!”, says he. We’re just two Mid-Westerners, living in the Deep South.

Posted on 07-Apr-07 at 6:53 am | Permalink
Gill wrote:

Lovely to see Spring appearing all over the globe. I always enjoy your photos, thanks.

Posted on 07-Apr-07 at 12:38 pm | Permalink
mari wrote:

The flowers are really quite beautiful and cheer me up..its still frozen in new england and the crocus are just barely beginning to pop. The landscape and flower shots really make my day when I drop by. Good luck on the gansey, its coming along great.

Posted on 08-Apr-07 at 6:36 am | Permalink
Laurie wrote:

Ooo, are the Calypso Orchids native to Oregon?

Posted on 17-Apr-07 at 8:44 am | Permalink
Cassa wrote:

Oh! Those Calypso orchids are beautiful! How fascinating to see orchids in the wild like that!

Posted on 27-Apr-07 at 3:52 pm | Permalink