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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Ask Wednesday: What's blooming in Columnist Chuck Smythe's Colorado?

Fairy Slipper (Calypso bulbosa),
an endangered orchid
Glorious mountain flowers!

By Ed Schmahl

[Editor's Note: Ed Schmahl and Chuck Smythe have been hiking buddies since 1966. They've spent uncounted thousands of hours in the mountains of Colorado.]

Sky Pilot (It grows only near mountain tops;
it has a strong, peppery smell that some people hate)
Red Spotted Coralroot, another rare orchid
(It grows on rotting wood deep in the forest)
Columbine high on Huron Peak, Collegiate Peaks
Larkspur (It loves open, sunny meadows)
Pinus Gaudensis, Ponderosa Pine buds
Monk’s Hood (It grows only in wet meadows up near timberline)
Aspen, fall snowstorm ("Amber Cloud")
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Copyright © 2014 by Ed Schmahl

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  1. From Colorado, a mountain floral display to amaze the eye and gladden the heart. Orchid, Larkspur, Columbine, Coralroot, Monk's Head, Ponderosa Pine buds, "Amber Cloud"....[Thank you, Ed!]

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