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Baptisia Mystery Cache

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keystone2010: This was a COVID project for my wife and I. We are no longer able to keep up with maintenance.

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Hidden : 8/28/2020
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Congrats to Cayuga Crew for FTF!

--may be high weeds toward end of summer--

PLEASE wear bright orange during hunting season! (Trail is terrain 2 – only last 20 feet or so are the higher level terrain)

This geoart is in honor of my mother-in-law, formerly known as the flower lady of Portville. The cache names are just some of the varieties she has in her gardens.  Read the description below to find the information needed to get the final coordinates of the cache.

Bumblebees know a good thing when they see it. So do gardeners. And both buzz with approval when the wild indigo (Baptisia spp.) blooms. These rugged plants and their lupine-like spires of bloom are real attentiongetters. In early spring, when the white wild indigos wave their banners of bloom atop 3-foot spikes, there’s a refrain I hear over and over from visitors to the garden: “Wow! What’s that?”

Those impressive spikes of spring-blooming, eye-catching flowers— which, depending on the species are white, blue, yellow, or purple—are the main reason most gardeners grow wild indigos, but flowers are only part of their appeal. These are tough, virtually pest- and disease-free perennials with handsome foliage, intriguing seedpods, and a long season of interest. They’re all you could hope for from any perennial.

https://www.finegardening.com/article/learn-to-grow-bold-beautiful-baptisia

Final Coordinates: N42 08.367   W078 3X.113

X = Number of different colors  

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)