Saturday evening, under gray and cloudy skies, watching my step over wet rocks and sticks in the woods…

Two Calypso Orchids! The small blooms are about 1/2 the size of my thumbnail and they are turned over so they tend to hide under grasses and greens.

Violets are starting to bloom now so there are other purple things in the grasses.

I have read that conditions of soil have to be just right for the orchids and they can be dormant for years. There had been a small patch that had a few orchids every spring but I’ve not seen them for several years. These two were in an entirely different area. I had only my phone the first night and could not get a clear photo.

Last night, I took the big camera – gorgeous and unique!

And speaking of unique… Saturday, returning on a high from finding the orchids, I saw near the house what looked like two Glacier Lilies blooming practically on top of each other.

It was two and they were on top of each other, on one stem: a double!