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Index of Subjects ---36511695-1543189146-1402966807=:74212 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you all, for the excellent information about their colours . I always= love seeing these=A0glorious=A0wild orchids,=A0growing where-ever,=A0in am= ongst the=A0ferns and other undergrowth of our woods. Wish they stayed all = summer long!=0A=0ACheers!=0A=0AGayle MacLean =0A=0A=0AOn Monday, June 16, 2= 014 7:55:46 PM, David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:=0A =0A= =0A=0AHi All, =0A=A0=A0=A0 It is only in recent years that the name 'Pink L= ady's =0ASlipper' has crept into usage as a corruption in my view. It is no= t =0Aa=A0suitable for a flower that may be pink, white or slightly off whit= e. =0A=A0=A0=A0 =0A=0A=A0=A0=A0 Better common names include 1)=A0Stemless L= ady's =0ASlipper=A0 or 2)=A0Common Lady's Slipper. =0A=0A=A0=A0=A0 Roland = & Smith, Flora of Nova Scotia uses #2 =0Aonly. =0A=A0=A0=A0 Fernald, Gray's= Manual of Botany 8th ed. has both and =0Aalso two leaved. =0A=A0=A0=A0 Rob= inson & Fernald, Gray's New Manual of Botany7th =0Aed. uses #1 only. =0A=A0= =A0=A0 =0A=A0=A0=A0 None of these three reliable botany books includes =0A= Pink. =0A=0AYours truly, Dave Webster, Kentville =0A=A0=A0=A0 =0A----- Ori= ginal Message ----- =0A>From: M gayle Maclean =0A>To: naturens@chebucto.n= s.ca =0A>Sent: Monday, June 16, 2014 2:49 PM =0A>Subject: [NatureNS] White= Lady's Slipper =0A>=0A> =0A>Just returned from Shubie Park with my Spring= ers,=A0'Dash' & 'JJ Jones'. =0A>Saw oodles of pink Lady's Slipper flowers= =A0in bloom throughout the wooded areas along the pathways of the off-leas= h part of the park. =0A>However 2 really caught my attention as they were p= ure white! =0A>Is this a common colour? They were intermingled with other = pink ones and were the same size. =0A>=0A> =0A>I was surely surprised to s= ee these! Thank you in advance for any thoughts and ideas. =0A>=0A> =0A>Si= ncerely, =0A>=0A> =0A>Gayle MacLean =0A>Dartmouth =0A>No virus found in thi= s message.=0A>Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com/=0A>Version: 2014.0.4592= / Virus =0A Database: 3964/7682 - Release Date: 06/15/14 ---36511695-1543189146-1402966807=:74212 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:He= lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo= nt-size:10pt"><div><span>Thank you all, for the excellent information about= their colours . I always love seeing these glorious wild orchids= , growing where-ever, in amongst the ferns and other undergr= owth of our woods. Wish they stayed all summer long!</span></div><div style= =3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvet= ica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: norm= al; background-color: transparent;"><span><br></span></div><div style=3D"co= lor: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, A= rial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; ba= ckground-color: transparent;"><span>Cheers!</span></div><div style=3D"color= : rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; = background-color: transparent;"><span><br></span></div><div style=3D"color:= rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial= , Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; backgr= ound-color: transparent;"><span>Gayle MacLean</span></div> <div class=3D"qt= dSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class=3D"yahoo_quoted" style=3D"display: bl= ock;"> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica,= Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style=3D"font-fa= mily: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-= serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"= > On Monday, June 16, 2014 7:55:46 PM, David & Alison Webster <dwebs= ter@glinx.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class=3D"y_msg_c= ontainer"><div id=3D"yiv4128546048"><style></style><div>=0A<div>Hi All,</di= v>=0A<div> It is only in recent years that the name 'Pink= Lady's =0ASlipper' has crept into usage as a corruption in my view. It is = not =0Aa suitable for a flower that may be pink, white or slightly off= white. =0A </div>=0A<div> </div>=0A<div> = Better common names include 1) Stemless Lady's =0ASlipper = or 2) Common Lady's Slipper. </div>=0A<div> </div>=0A<div> = Roland & Smith, Flora of Nova Scotia uses #2 =0Aonly.</div= >=0A<div> Fernald, Gray's Manual of Botany 8th ed. has bo= th and =0Aalso two leaved.</div>=0A<div> Robinson & F= ernald, Gray's New Manual of Botany7th =0Aed. uses #1 only.</div>=0A<div>&n= bsp; </div>=0A<div> None of these three relia= ble botany books includes =0APink.</div>=0A<div> </div>=0A<div>Yours t= ruly, Dave Webster, Kentville</div>=0A<div> </div>=0A<blo= ckquote style=3D"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; = border-left-style: solid;" dir=3D"ltr">=0A <div class=3D"yiv4128546048yqt7= 530256436" id=3D"yiv4128546048yqt73048"><div style=3D"font: 10pt/normal ari= al; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message -= ---- </div>=0A <div style=3D"background: rgb(228, 228, 228); font: 10pt/no= rmal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>From:</b> =0A= <a title=3D"dashis9@yahoo.ca" href=3D"mailto:dashis9@yahoo.ca" target=3D"= _blank" rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:dashis9@yahoo.ca"= >M gayle Maclean</a> =0A </div>=0A <div style=3D"font: 10pt/normal arial;= font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm