Photo Essay Above: On a hot summer hike, the milky-orange flowers of the yellow-fringed orchid always remind me of what a treat a Creamsicle-that delicious frozen confection of orange sherbet and vanilla ice cream- would be for my sweating body. Right: Some people mistake Jack-in-the-pulpit's hood for the flower. Actually, that is a leaf bract; lift up the hood and look inside to see the flowers clustered around the base. In autumn, the bract falls away, revealing the red berries that have replaced the flowers. 38 BlueRidgeCountry.comhttp://www.BlueRidgeCountry.com