Here is the only lady slipper seen so far this year. Found at a local conservation tract. The multitudes of pink and white lady slippers we used to see annually are gone. Just in our back woods, we would have seen five or six by this time of year. The presence of severe drought over the last few years may be a major cause. This year our drought has disappeared, according to the local experts. The lady slipper is a very delicate plant; I remember reading that it needs a specific fungus to be present nearby to survive. The lack of water probably affected the plants and the fungi.
