Pink Lady Slipper Wide View

Pink Lady Slipper wide shot showing full plant. This patch occurs under dappled light created by Hemlocks(which are sick today). They don't flower every year, but when they do it is in mid to late May and for only a few days. Watauga Reserve, Morgan Branch watershed, Stone Mountain, Upper Unakas, Western Blue Ridge Mountains, Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee, USA. May 2002.