| Welcome Calypsogrower!
I was first introduced to calypso orchids this spring by a friend at work. He lives out in the hills near Falls City, Oregon and told me he had a lot of them next to his property. I went out there with a friend and we photographed them for a few hours just before sunset. Weyerhauser owned the area where they were growing and they logged it all off near the end of their bloom cycle. There were many other wild orchids in the area too. It was a fascinating ecosystem underneath the fir trees and it was sad to see it all decimated by the logging - I suppose none of them survived???? mike |