As of today, there are nine flowers open with five buds on the way. Looks like the venerable "Super Ghost" is gearing up for quite a show! If you have the means at all to get to the Naples, Florida area, this is well worth the time and effort.
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How wonderful! Thanks for sharing. Any idea what the tree on which the orchid plant grows is?
I am hosting the 38th Festival of the Trees (http://festivalofthetrees.wordpress.com) which is due Aug 1st and would love to include a link to this post - if you have a recent picture of the ghost orchids with the tree, do consider adding it to your site.
thank you.
Ros, it is found in a large bald cypress tree...the trunk of it is visible behind the orchid in the post...its roots wrap around the bark of the tree, holding the orchid in place.
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That's a gorgeous species. I had not heard of it before. Great shots.
We have only about twenty species here in Ontario, but I was lucky to run into two Lady Slipper species this spring ( in a mosquito infested bog)
I posted a short piece on it here.
http://www.ontfin.com/Word/showy-and-yellow-ladys-slipper/
Cheers, Harold
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