Coral Root Orchid

Very small orchid with around 1/4 inch flowers. It is very bizarre and the flowers look kind of alien. It has little or no chlorophyll, is symbiotic with a fungus that lives in the soil, and the plant has no visible leaves year round. It gets its name from the coral shaped roots.

Blue Eyed Grass

These flowers are about a half inch wide but I think they are cool.

A bit of sunshine at last.

Crabapple?

If anyone knows the name of some of the unkown plants I have posted please feel free to tell me.

Oxalis or Sorrel.

I found Orchids.

I found a few Coral Root Orchids this morning but it's raining so hard I can't get a shot. They are not very pretty but they are very bizarre plants that have little or no chlorophyll. I will try again tomorrow if the rain stops.

This morning was very cold and foggy and it almost felt like winter again.

Honeysuckle 2

Dogwood

Milkweed

Still raining

Well I wanted rain.

Honeysuckle

Pink Phlox

Merry Bells

I scouted around the woods today and the wild flowers are all soaking wet. Maybe I will take a few photos of mushrooms instead. I have been on the lookout for one of my favorite wildflowers called the Yellow Lady Slipper Orchid, but I haven't seen any as of yet. The wild orchids here are small but very interesting and unfortunately getting very rare.

Lady Fern

We have been having tornadic activity all night here, and a tornado watch is in effect till 2:00 am. Hurry up 2:00 am.

Trillium2

Rain

It rained for hours today, so much for the sprinklers.

Viola Pensylvanica

Sunlit trees 2

Well I thought it was going to rain yesterday but it never did. You could hear thunder in the distance and see clouds up north but still no moisture here. Time to break out the old sprinklers I guess.

Rose2

My gardens first rose of the year.

Dianthus2

Dianthus

Tired

It's been a long day. I went to my aunts house this afternoon to get about 30 Cannas that she had no room for. The digging was worth it though, they are going to look really cool when they bloom.

Sunlit trees

I know most of the names of the wildflowers but some I do not. I will add them as I do a little research.

Clematis

I have been out taking pictures again and I'm still picking off ticks. Unfortunately that's part of taking nature pictures.

Trillium and grassy field.

Barbarea and Spleenwort

Krigia Biflora

Wisteria with bee and spiderwort

Rue anemone

Phlox

Azalea

Well im looking forward to suse 10.1. I have only used linux as my operating system for about 2 years now and it took a little adjusting but i like the freedom and versatility linux gives me. Suse is my favorite distro but im always checking out new ones.

Dwarf flag

Well now that i have started my blog i better get to taking pics

Dandelion

Hazy Field

This is my new Blog.