June is the month of midsummer fairy forest magic, and in the Colorado foothills and high country, the short season of the ephemeral fairy slipper orchid, Calypso bulbosa ✨🩷✨ She blooms for only 7-10 days between mid-May and late June, depending entirely on specific mycorrhizal fungi under spruce and pine trees to survive 💖 Her name, Calypso, means "she who conceals". In Homer's Odyssey, she was a nymph who enchanted Odysseus, and kept him on her island for seven years against his will. This tiny beauty is just as enchanting! 💖

This is a 12 x 18” poster print of my original painting, FAIRY SLIPPER. Printed in rich color on thick cardstock, it’s ready for a standard-size frame, or to be tacked or taped in your favorite poster space.

All poster prints are shipped in a recyclable cardboard tube box through USPS First Class Mail.