Yellow Lady Slipper Orchids

 "Yellow Lady Slipper Orchid #1" -- oil on canvas 6x6"

 "Yellow Lady Slipper Orchid #2" -- oil on canvas 6x6"

 

 "Yellow Lady Slipper Orchid #3" -- oil on canvas 6x6"

 

It was a wonderful surprise to discover 4 clumps of lady slipper orchids growing right in back of my studio, at the edge of the swamp!  This is my first attempt at painting them.  Maybe I'll see if my neighbor will let me take a bloom off the pink lady slipper orchid that is on her property.  It blooms a week or so later than the yellow variety.  

I love the little curly-q "thingies" on the sides!  Pardon my ignorance of plant structures.