weird plant

[draboo]

found this in our yard. i have no idea what sort of plant it is,but its rather nice looking.

can anyone out there identify it??

its around six inches tall

[fritz the cat]

Looks like some type of orchid. What is your location?

[draboo]

Originally posted by fritz the cat
Looks like some type of orchid. What is your location?

Marquette,Michigan-Upper Peninsula of Mich.

where in Wisc do you live?

[lynchmob]

I dont know what it is,but it looks like a Lady's Slipper... except they are bigger than 6" high.
lynch

[fritz the cat]

Originally posted by draboo


Marquette,Michigan-Upper Peninsula of Mich.

Well, that eliminates the orchid idea, Wrong part of the world for orchids to grow in the yard. It does look like a Lady Slipper, but it's to small, Hey! mayby you got a new miniature mutation!

BTW, Wausau

[Redwolf]

That or it's young.

[geekgrl]

That's very pretty
I don't know what it is though!!

[Mike]

Ohhh sure, at my house in Michigan we get lots of funny looking plants, most of them look like WEEDS.

[samwichse]

I agree with the lady slipper. A lot of times in the wild, lady slippers will not be very large at all but hug the ground with just a short shoot with the flower(s)

Do the leaves have veins that run along the length of the leaf sort of parallel to each other instead of branching from a single stem?

If so, then that's right.

Sam

[draboo]

heres another pic of it,my hand included for size clarification. it has no green leaves,its white all the way up from the ground. almost looks fungus-like