This blog posting covers some additional wildflowers (and orchids) that I saw on two days I spent with a photographer friend, Sam Saulys, along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. I met her at an annual Native Orchid Conference many years ago, and she periodically honors me with a visit when wildflowers are in

The morning broke with an overcast sky. That is good for photography — overcast diffuses the light and reduces strong shadows. However, my destination was about 2 hours away, and one can never tell exactly what the weather will be like up on the Blue Ridge Parkway of North Carolina. I headed up Highway 276