I recently spoke at the Volusia County Orchid Society on August 19th, 2015. Thank you so much to the society for hosting me.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015
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About Me
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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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Prehistoric Broward: Three Jurassic Ferns - Before we get to the Jurassic ferns, step back with me in time and space for a moment to imagine the gradual and chaotic development of life on earth. We d...
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Rain on pines and domes - As seen last week just north of Oasis Glimpse inside the water cycle
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Exploring Mission Tejas State Park Part II - Hidden away on the Olen Matchett Trail near a remote corner at the front of Mission Tejas State Park are a set of old CCC tubs. Constructed when the CCC wo...14 hours ago
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REAL DATIL PEPPER CHAT,... NOT A RANT, ... A CHAT. - It's been a remarkably warm fall here at PFHQ. The official start of Winter is about 20 days away and I have Datil pepper plants blooming in the pepper pa...
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In search of (im)perfection – a longread - *Outside the lines...* *The ways of the world* When was it that we were taught to color inside the lines? Probably around kindergarten or first grade, dep...
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Dendrobium sutiknoi P.O'Byrne 2005 - I photographed this plant at the 2018 Puerto Rico orchid society orchid show. This Dendrobium is a big plant. The flowers are impressively large for an...
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High Moor Caves - When I realized a few years ago that some of the hard-rock caves in North Carolina were formed by exfoliation rather than simple fracturing, I began mull...
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Fall Open House - Saturday September 29 - I will be holding what may well be my final Open House at Hawthorn Hill this coming *Saturday, September 29.* My wife and I are parting ways and she ...
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Ten Orchid Species in Mount Robson Provincial Park - *Calypso bulbosa var. americana* We backpacked in Mount Robson Provincial Park In British Columbia recently. We went both for the scenery and the native...
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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 ...
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Serapias bergonii - Όλυμπος 25/04/2009 Olimpos photo Zissis Antonopoulos Ζήσης Αντωνόπουλος Η Σεραπιάς του Μπεργκόν (Serapias bergonii, E. G. Camus 1908) είναι ορχιδέα της Ανα...
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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...
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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 leadin...
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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, ...
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Asteridea asteroides - Star-like Asteridea - Click image to enlarge *Asteridea asteroides - Star-like Asteridea* This exotic looking plant that you might think was a garden escapee, is in fact a...
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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...
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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...3 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...
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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 p...5 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...
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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...9 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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