A couple of articles/websites came up on my Google news alerts regarding native orchids. I thought it might be nice to share:
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
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The hunt to photograph Florida's native orchids and incidental related things.
Blogs I Follow
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Water Dawnflower - Stylisma aquatica - Unlike other members of this morning glory genus, water dawnflower (*Stylisma aquatica*) is a wetland species with pink instead of white flowers. It oc...
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I JUST ORDERED A FORD MAVERICK! First New Vehicle in 22 Years! - I haven't had a new car of my own since 2003. That is the year I bought my JEEP TJ, a vehicle I still use and love dearly. My intention is to never s...2 weeks ago
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Finding All the Plants - It’s spring and so I am in my happy space–there are PLANTS BLOOMING AND MORE TO COME! I’ve been out hiking a lot recently, trying to wrap up what remains o...2 months ago
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2025 Legislative Funding Priorities Sent to Legislature - On Monday seventy-three businesses and organizations, including the Florida Native Plant Society, representing every corner of the state sent a letter urgi...2 months ago
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Rhyncholaeliocattleya Memoria Crispin Rosales 'Volcano Queen' - If you want a large purple Cattleya flower you cannot go wrong with the hybrid Rlc. Memoria Crispin Rosales. There are a number of clones of this hyb...
7 months ago -
Florida Nature Facts #145 – Drone Flies - While bees are the current darlings of the invertebrate world, drone flies deserve a lot of credit as well. Not only do these cousins to mosquitoes, hous...4 years ago
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Early October swamp - Banks overtopping ... And canals intersecting with strands. The regular summer onslaughtof summer showers is nearing its end,but could more tropical rai...
4 years ago -
Exploring the Food Forest through art - *Nature journaling at FGCU* On February 11th and 18th I visited Professor Mary Voytek’s Environmental Art class at Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. M...
5 years ago -
New Orchid Season - I had to lead a field trip for the Washington Native Plant Society on Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands on May 18 and did some orchid hunting along the way an...
6 years ago -
Grassy Gap Hike - Google Earth Pro aerial imagery reveals some interesting rock exposures in Pisgah National Forest that can be accessed via Forest Service Road 1206. Tha...
6 years ago -
Exmoor visit - Just back from a few days on Exmoor, somewhere I have regularly visited for over fifty years and always feel content. Exmoor habitats could not be more...
6 years ago -
Neotinea tridentata - Δήλεσι 07-04-2012 Βοιωτία Κλικ στην φωτογραφία για μεγέθυνση Η Νεοτινέα η τρίδοντη [Neotinea tridentata (Scopoli 1772) R. M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chas...
7 years ago -
Flower Friday: Butterfly orchid - *Butterfly orchid (Encyclia tampensis) * *Photo by Mary Keim* *Click on terms for botanical definitions. * Butterfly orchid is a slow-growing, epiphytic pe...
7 years ago -
2017 Grass Identification and Ecology Workshops to be Offered at The Morton Arboretum - For several years I have led a very popular and relatively inexpensive grass identification and ecology workshop at The Morton Arboretum. I will be leadi...
7 years ago -
They Say It's Winter - I'm certain all my Florida gardening friends remember that awful winter of 2010 when we experienced an out-of-the-ordinary winter. If you don't remember, ...
8 years ago -
Caladenia exstans - Pointing Spider Orchid - Click image to enlarge *Caladenia exstans - Pointing Spider Orchid* A coastal to near coastal orchid of restricted distribution between the Mt Merivale/...
8 years ago -
Crested caracara seen on PI! - Today I was lucky enough to watch a crested caracara eating some dead fish along the side of an embankment. This species is one of my favorites! Unfortunat...
9 years ago -
Should I stay or should I go? - I haven’t been posting to this site for the past year even though I do have more flowers to add. There aren’t ever any comments to any of the posts, so I a...9 years ago
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Betting Odds On World Cup Soccer 2014 - World Cup Odds If you really like soccer, also know as "futbol", get all set to get pleasure from loads of action on Tv for the epic FIFA World Cup 2010 v...
11 years ago -
My blog featured in Orchids made easy - Ryan and Laura Levesque, authors of *Orchids Made Easy* - a book and website all about how to care for orchids, invited me for an interview for their web ...11 years ago
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Pholidota chinensis in bloom last month - I can't believe I haven't posted since November! Definitely overdue :) One of my newer orchis is a Pholidota chinensis, which I acquired February 2010 @ th...
13 years ago -
Brassavola cucullata - ghost-like flower. - Brassavola cucullata is a species that hails from Mexico and much of Central America. Like other flowers in the genus, this species has intensely night-fr...15 years ago
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The Florida National Scenic Trail - Many people are probably unaware that there is a 1,400 mile trail that traverses the length and breadth of the Sunshine State and was the brainchild of a ...
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