• Wednesday-What'sUP July 24 - 05:05 pm

Philip Odum took the time to snap the flowers during his travels around the U.P. I'm not sure if he smelled them, too, but he sure photographed a nice variety of wildflowers. He said the Tiger Lily was one of thousands along the way between Hessel and Cedarville. The Lady Slippers he found in the Hiawatha National Forest, with the remaining located somewhere between here and there. ;-)

According to Philip, the pretty yellow blooms in the last photo are called Coreopsis Lanceolata, more commonly called Tickseed. I don't know if I've ever seen this variety of wildflower before…it sure is a brightly colored one. What a great way to celebrate the middle of the week… a flowery bouquet for hump day!

it is flower day. love, love love the yellow flowers.

We had a pink lady slipper in our front yard on torch lake. Every year that flower would appear and it was eagerly anticipated. The wild flowers are gorgeous. Thanks for the pictures.

Flower Power! Beautiful pictures!

Very nice...would make a nice calendar.

Beautiful!!!!!

Good Morning. I love the wild flowers this morning, especially the pink lady slipper and the tickseed. I have never seen a tickseed before. Where are they found? Thank you, Phillip and Mary. These are especially welcome after all of the snow, cold, dreary winter Michigan had this year.

My favorite flowers ~ 'wild ones'!
Thank you, Philip, and Mary, for sharing.

I so enjoyed the pictures of flowers today! What an
enjoyable morning view!

Loved the flower pictures this morning. I can say with 99 percent certainty that the Tiger Lily is my favorite wild flower.

Thanks Everyone and specially mary drew for sharing
my photos the tickseed and lazy susan marianne were
taken along lake superior shoreline drive between
whitefish point and point iroqouis what a beautiful
drive certainly a fav of mine..pray for world
peace!!!!!

Hi
With regard to the tickseed, my grandma & mom always called them Coreopsis instead. One place they are found is in & around the gravel drveway to our vacation place not far from Cheboygan.

Incidentally, if those were current pictures of the ladyslippers, it shows how much later flowers bloom in the UP versus the Straits area. Usually we can catch those Memorial Day weekend in some woods near Mackinaw City (they were a week or two late this year).

Gorgeous pictures. When did he take the pictures of the lady
slippers? I haven't seen any this year.

Beautiful flowers.

Thank you, Phillip and Kathyl. :-)