"the showy lady's slipper, Minnesota's unique state flower... a place to catch a glimpse of the elusive white and pink moccasin-flowered orchid was along the Dr. Robert's Trail near the swampy shore of Lake Itasca below Douglas Lodge.
... a better site - the rain garden near the new Mary Gibbs Mississippi Headwaters Center. A rain garden is a bowl-shaped basin, which filters and slows storm run-off water from neighboring parking lots and surfaced areas. Other objectives are to provide a first-line defense to catch sediment, debris and litter, while providing a shallow wetland zone for marsh-loving plants, including showy lady's slippers... There are several clumps of transplanted showy lady's slippers in the rain garden just below the center... The lady's slippers were transplanted onto the site... Other native orchids in the park include the earlier-blooming yellow lady's slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb.) ." source : http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/local/14926044.htm?source=rss&channel=grandforks_local ************* Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
