Fairy Slipper

This Calypso Orchid, also commonly known as a Fairy Slipper is a cold weather orchid native to montane forests. I've always kept my eyes peeled for one whenever out hiking but had never seen one until last weekend when I stumbled on one near my campsite in the Medicine Bow National Forest of Wyoming. So I went about rolling around on the forest floor with my macro lens for over an hour trying to shoot it and waiting for the wind to stop so the flower would be still.