On this day, the first day of spring 2014, let’s remind ourselves of what will soon be sprouting up…

– Erythronium albidum, White Dog-Tooth Violet, Liliaceae, 1943

– Calypso bulbosa, Fairy Slipper, Orchidaceae, Itasca State Park, 1937

– Cypripedium parviflorum (Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum), Yellow Lady’s Slipper, Orchidaceae

– Habenaria orbiculata (Platanthera orbiculata), Roundleaved Orchid, Orchidaceae

(From the Ned Huff Lantern Slide Collection in the Department of Botany records)