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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- Prem Subrahmanyam
- I am a software engineer based in the metro Orlando area. On weekends, you will often find me in the field with my family photographing Florida's native orchids. I also give lectures on these orchids at many orchid, garden, and native plant societies. I am also an avid fossil hunter.
Links to Cool Stuff
Blogs I Follow
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Daddy's Girl - *I am so angry about this. I just added a caption onto the photo. But the image is real - and proudly displayed on this guy's Photobucket page.* ** ***This ...
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Collard Green Pesto - The collards were starting to bolt and I decided that I wasn’t in mood for boiling up lots of collards for dinner one night and instead wanted to do someth...7 hours ago
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Heavy rain - Straight ahead Tamiami Trail near Big Cypress Bend Glimpse inside the water cycle
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Nicotiana rotundifolia - Round-leaved Tobacco - Click image to enlarge *Nicotiana rotundifolia - Round-leaved Tobacco* This species is similar in casual appearance to most of the Australian tobacco plan...
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Nature Journal Workshop at the FNPS Conference - *Quercus falcata leaves, souvenirs from Jacksonville.* Last Thursday I led a Nature Journal Workshop on the opening day of the 33rd Annual Florida Native Pl...
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Live blogging from the conference: Saturday - Saturday at the conference: FNPS held its annual membership meeting, winners of the plant ID contest were announced, and Palmetto awards were presented. Th...
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Sixth Week of the Native Orchid Season - Fairy Slippers, Coralroots and Two Lady's Slippers - May 12-18 I was away for a day and half this week hunting for native orchids and other wildflowers in the Leavenworth area. I visited three different l...
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DOLPHINS STEAL THE SHOW ON THE MARINE SCIENCE FIELD TRIP - This year's final Cedar Key School Marine Science field trip was awesome enough ... perfect weather, great students, a swell boat, beautiful island ... an...
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Moni's Far Side Diggings in Warrens Cave - Les called us out for a dig at the back of Moni’s Diggings again this past Monday, May 6. Participants were Vincent, Erik, Les, and me. No snakes were lu...
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Blooming Begonias with Giant Round Leaves - Begonias are one of those exotic plants that grow easily in West Central Florida. I've been gifted with a few varieties over the years that I plant as filler...
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Swamp Twinflower - Dyschoriste humistrata - Swamp twinflower (*Dyschoriste humistrata*) is a wetland relative of the nearly ubiquitous upland twinflower (*D. oblongifolia*). Unlike its close cous...
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You can help support funding for Florida's native wildflowers and plants - YOUR HELP IS NEEDED immediately! Legislation that would provide more funds for native wildflowers and plants was passed unanimously by the Florida House tw...3 weeks ago
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Cymbidium culture in a tropical area: Moving Cymbidium Swan Lake 'Bayfront Park' to a bigger pot - For many years I have admired the flowers of the *Cymbidium*hybrids derived from cool growing species. However I never grew them because my loc...
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Swamp Rule #2: Be tenacious! - Today I am working in an area that was once heavily infested with Peruvian primrose willow. I have heard numerous people say you can't remove it with just ...
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Liparis ferruginea Lindley (Orchidaceae) – a New Record for Flora of Nepal - Infloresence of *L. ferruginea* [Photo: Raskoti & Ale] Rajkoti and Ale (2012) reported *Liparis ferruginea* Lindley first time from Nepal. They collected...
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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 @ the...
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Your Attention Please! Important Update! - After some long and careful thought, I’ve decided to stop this blog and combine it with my regular photography blog because my two blogs have been so close...1 year ago
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Common Dayflower - The rain this year has been good for the Common Dayflower. It is not a true native, and grows wild in many lawns (especially mine!). It spreads along the g...1 year ago
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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...3 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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