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Order Asparagales, Family Orchidaceae, Genus Calypso
This plant grows in moist woods. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources lists Fairy Slipper as a species vulnerable to extinction on a global scale. Anyone with a camera will find this gorgeous flower is superbly photogenic! For additional information, please go to Wikipedia and Southwest Colorado Wildflowers.
My husband Dan Metzger took these two bottom photos.