Hi Joey,
I had the unexpected pleasure of finding some Snowy Egrets, which are a threatened species, while I was killing some time in Ipswich last week. One male was vying for the attention of 2 females. He was putting on quite a show. I also had the good fortune to encounter 8 Lady Slippers, an endangered species, while hiking in So. Hamilton. I did not have my tripod with me to get super clean shots, but thought they were worth sharing.
Mary Barker
Editor’s Note from Joey-
When the person who named the Lady Slipper The Lady Slipper thought to themselves- “Hmmm what shall I call this magnificent flower?” and then came up with “Lady Slipper” I’m trying to figure out how they didn’t name it a Lady Vagina.
Lady Slipper… Really?
When you look at it can you honestly tell me that looks more like a slipper than a a vajajay?
That thing’s got Lady Vagina written all over it. Like you know how the term white rice perfectly describes white rice? That’s the way I feel about the Lady Vagina. It’s misleading to name it a Lady Slipper- Borderline criminal actually. False advertising 101.
In fact I think we ought to start a campaign to have the flower renamed so people don’t get confused. It’s only right.
Lady Vagina FTW
Poll Time!
Good Morning Gloucester 
Maybe they thought “Lady Slip-into-her” was too inappropriate so they went with lady slipper.
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Lady’s Slippers come in a wide range of shapes and colors, including bright yellow and brown and white polka dots
This is a Pink Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium acaule) and you are going to love this next part:
Lady’s Slippers are characterized by the slipper-shaped pouches (modified labellums) of the flowers – the pouch traps insects so they are forced to climb up past the staminode, behind where they collect or deposit pollen to fertilize the flower.
In botany, the labellum (or lip) is an anatomical term to describe the part of an orchid (and other flowers) that serves to attract pollinating insects and acts as a landing pad for those insects.
“The labellum is a modified petal and can be distinguished from the other petals and from the sepals by its large size and its often irregular shape. It is not unusual for the other two petals of an orchid flower to look like the sepals, so that the labellum stands out as distinct.” from wiki
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i love the educational sessions with Kim…
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I give her educational lesson a D-.
Not one mention of Lady Vagina.
How are we gonna change that huge social injustice when we got flower people like Kim just turning a blind eye?
Appalling really.
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I thought readers would find the labellum part interesting, particularly as you are comparing the flower’s labellum to the female labia majora (vajayjay). The labellum of the Pink Lady Slipper looks like a labia, but does not on lady slippers of different colors, for example the Yellow Lady Slipper or the Spotted Lady Slipper. Both words labellum and labia are rooted in Latin; labium for lip.
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much better.
b+
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Thank You Alicia and great to see you Friday night. Thank you for coming!!
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Oh, so that’s what a vajayjay looks like………
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fabulous pix…thanx for sharing
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