Perfect weather for a hike, unlike the day of the scout! We saw so many orchids that I was reminded again of the poem that Larason wrote after hiking this trail several years ago.

Malaxis by Larason Lambert (in Shortia, Fall 2017, page 15)

My name is Malaxis, I live in the weeds.
I have just one stem to hold all my seeds.
I’m truly an orchid, though not very bright.
Get out your hand lens, I’m sure to delight.

Photography by Mary Knierim & Penny Longhurst. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.