I have posted a new profile on the Florida Native Orchid site for Carter's Orchid (Basiphyllaea corallicola). It is an exceedingly rare orchid, found only on a very few occasions in the ever shrinking (due to rampant overdevelopment) pine rockland ecosystem.
Here is the link to the profile:
http://flnativeorchids.com/natives_gallery/basiphyllaea_corallicola.htm
and here is one of the images from the new page:
Summer Luna
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Actias luna at Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. July 27, 2025 Fluttering
through noon, landing low. Crunching leaves, soft. Off, into the wind.
4 days ago