The Long Hot Summer!

I don't know when our promised long hot summer is going to start, but this wet and cool sort of weather is exactly what the Cypripedium calceolus likes. Just as a teaser though, above is a photo I took last year.

There is only one location in the UK where a surviving, true wild Lady's Slipper exists. However,Kew Gardens have a programme to repopulate the various sites that this orchid was known to live. Once germinated, it takes up to fifteen years before flowering. These plants are extremely long-lived, over 100 years.


Pseudorchis albida
A Small White Orchid seen up at Wengernalp last week.


Day Lillies and the Jungfrau.
A reminder of how it all looks when the sun is shining.

Yesterday, hiking up to Maennlichen, I walked into a snow storm, and looking out this morning all the tops are white washed.

Here's hoping for a turn in the weather.
Kxxx