How wonderful!!!! I'm so jealous you have orchids growing in ditches. I'm sure that hasn't been seen around here for 100+ years. Okay you need to start traveling with a camera so the rest of us can enjoy these moments too! :-) I was excited to find scattered patches of Silphium terebinthinaceum growing wild along a stretch of highway between Cincinnati and Columbus yesterday. At least I'm guessing that's what it was. I didn't have time to stop and look. Dennis in Cincinnati On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Linda Foulis <lmf@beautifulblooms.ab.ca>wrote: > Dennis, > If it is any comfort, you are not alone. > > My fiance and I have been touring central Alberta on the weekends. He is > becoming accustomed to my screams of 'Stop the truck' as I spy another > plant > I've never seen growing in the wild before. This past weekend we came > across a ditch full of Cypripedium parviflorum, full of them, hundreds! > I've never seen so many in one spot before. > We took a wrong turn past Rocky Mountain House, fortunately, to my absolute > delight miles of Lilium philadelphicum in full bloom in the ditches. > > If you feel you need professional help for this addiction than I believe > you > are in the right spot. > > Linda > Red Deer, AB > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >