"Wildflowers... on the country property of Bruce and Susan Jones, in the Virginia Piedmont. ... pink lady-slipper orchids [Cypripedium acaule]... The Jones' "garden" is 88 acres of land and encompasses a chunk of Long Mountain near the town of Washington, Va. ... planting... indigenous flora. ... "We farm nature," said Bruce Jones... pointed pink buds of the rare showy orchis [Orchis spectabilis]...
in the roots of a black birch... stands a downy rattlesnake plantain [Goodyera pubescens], a form of orchid with filigreed leaf variegation. ... This spring the Joneses opened the garden to native plant scientists, who are taking a census for a book on Virginia flora. So far they have counted about 350 species. ... One of Jones' proudest accomplishments is the cultivation stand of pink lady-slippers in a wooded area... These were rescued from impending doom from a development site in Annandale, Va. ... The orchid is notoriously difficult to transplant. He put some beneath a few pines and... they survived and multiplied. This inspired him to move all of the rescued orchids to this spot." source : http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/business/industries/real_estate/14736547.htm?source=rss&channel=journalgazette_real_estate ********** regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
