Comments on: Eye Candy Friday http://caroleknits.net/2009/05/22/eye-candy-friday-142/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:16:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kirsten http://caroleknits.net/2009/05/22/eye-candy-friday-142/comment-page-1/#comment-40770 Kirsten Sat, 23 May 2009 17:39:39 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/?p=2553#comment-40770 Such a beautiful thing! I sometimes find them in the woods around here too. It is always such and exciting discovery when I do because they are so rare. Such a beautiful thing! I sometimes find them in the woods around here too. It is always such and exciting discovery when I do because they are so rare.

]]> By: Norma http://caroleknits.net/2009/05/22/eye-candy-friday-142/comment-page-1/#comment-40754 Norma Sat, 23 May 2009 12:25:39 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/?p=2553#comment-40754 Sweet! We don't have those in my neck of the woods in Vermont. Sweet! We don’t have those in my neck of the woods in Vermont.

]]> By: Chris http://caroleknits.net/2009/05/22/eye-candy-friday-142/comment-page-1/#comment-40747 Chris Sat, 23 May 2009 11:03:41 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/?p=2553#comment-40747 Love the lady's slipper! They grow in Mum's woods, so if I time a visit right, I get to see them in the wild. Since I have a long row of pine trees on one edge of my property, I keep getting the itch to buy some plants and try to grow them here. So far, I also keep missing the sales times. Which, given the difficulty in providing proper environment for these plants, is probably a good thing for the plants. Love the lady’s slipper! They grow in Mum’s woods, so if I time a visit right, I get to see them in the wild. Since I have a long row of pine trees on one edge of my property, I keep getting the itch to buy some plants and try to grow them here. So far, I also keep missing the sales times. Which, given the difficulty in providing proper environment for these plants, is probably a good thing for the plants.

]]> By: lisa http://caroleknits.net/2009/05/22/eye-candy-friday-142/comment-page-1/#comment-40720 lisa Sat, 23 May 2009 02:23:08 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/?p=2553#comment-40720 Beautiful! Your yarn and your daughter too. But the pink lady's slipper? Pretty, but not rare in Mass, or in Maine. Look at the MA natural heritage page, here, http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/nhesp/species_info/mesa_list/mesa_list.htm Lady slippers are under "Orchidaceae". There are others that are rare, and you're unlikely to go to the places where they grow. The man sacs comment is funny, because their name "orchid" comes from JUST THAT! The true Orchis genus has these paired tubers that look much like testicles. Beautiful! Your yarn and your daughter too. But the pink lady’s slipper? Pretty, but not rare in Mass, or in Maine. Look at the MA natural heritage page, here,
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/nhesp/species_info/mesa_list/mesa_list.htm
Lady slippers are under “Orchidaceae”. There are others that are rare, and you’re unlikely to go to the places where they grow.

The man sacs comment is funny, because their name “orchid” comes from JUST THAT! The true Orchis genus has these paired tubers that look much like testicles.

]]> By: Sara http://caroleknits.net/2009/05/22/eye-candy-friday-142/comment-page-1/#comment-40708 Sara Fri, 22 May 2009 22:20:30 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/?p=2553#comment-40708 They are so beautiful! Enjoy your week-end.... They are so beautiful!

Enjoy your week-end….

]]> By: Carol http://caroleknits.net/2009/05/22/eye-candy-friday-142/comment-page-1/#comment-40706 Carol Fri, 22 May 2009 21:42:17 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/?p=2553#comment-40706 Wow. Lucky you to see one in the wild. Wow. Lucky you to see one in the wild.

]]> By: Brenda http://caroleknits.net/2009/05/22/eye-candy-friday-142/comment-page-1/#comment-40700 Brenda Fri, 22 May 2009 19:58:14 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/?p=2553#comment-40700 Beautiful! I have a bunch out in my woods so I'll have to go looking for them now. Beautiful! I have a bunch out in my woods so I’ll have to go looking for them now.

]]> By: kmkat http://caroleknits.net/2009/05/22/eye-candy-friday-142/comment-page-1/#comment-40695 kmkat Fri, 22 May 2009 18:40:06 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/?p=2553#comment-40695 That Wikipedia article forgot to say that the pink lady's slipper is the state flower of MN. We used to have yellow lady's slipper growing near our house when I lived in northern MN; those are not nearly as rare. I have never seen a pink one live. Gorgeous photo! That Wikipedia article forgot to say that the pink lady’s slipper is the state flower of MN. We used to have yellow lady’s slipper growing near our house when I lived in northern MN; those are not nearly as rare. I have never seen a pink one live. Gorgeous photo!

]]> By: Lucia http://caroleknits.net/2009/05/22/eye-candy-friday-142/comment-page-1/#comment-40689 Lucia Fri, 22 May 2009 16:55:26 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/?p=2553#comment-40689 Gorgeous indeed. There are some on the conservation land that borders our neighborhood, and I've been meaning to visit them. Gorgeous indeed. There are some on the conservation land that borders our neighborhood, and I’ve been meaning to visit them.

]]> By: Cookie http://caroleknits.net/2009/05/22/eye-candy-friday-142/comment-page-1/#comment-40687 Cookie Fri, 22 May 2009 16:36:16 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/?p=2553#comment-40687 How lovely! How lovely!

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