Shenandoah flowers

Although maybe not as floriferous (such a good word...) as I'd maybe expected, there were still some great flowers to be found in the woods, with a bit of searching...

Arisaema triphyllum, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, giving me my Araceae fix for this trip

Flame Azalea, Azalea calendulaceum

and Rose Azalea, A. prinophyllum, two very colourful flowering shrubs in the otherwise nearly leafless understorey

Pink Lady's Slipper Cypripedium acaule

and Large Yellow Lady's Slipper Cypripedium pubescens, two showy orchids more than worth the effort of searching for!

Houstonia caerulea, a subtley pretty little Rubiaceae that was common on the forest floor

 

and Trillium grandiflorum, an anything-but-subtle flower of the forest floor!