Sunday, October 24, 2010

Trail Tales (or Stuff I've Seen While Hunting For Orchids), Part 3

On the day we went to see Pteroglossaspis pottsii in flower, we saw a Butterfly Pea (Centrosema virginianum) in flower:



This flower one of many 'orchid imposters' we have in the state of Florida, with lovely, two-inch-long (5 cm long), purple flowers that, to an untrained eye, may appear to be an orchid. This flower, in fact, belongs to a member of the pea family, which is about as far away from being an orchid as you can get.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Looks tiny, but regardless, that's one "sweet pea!" (Sorry in advance for my Popeye reference ...) :^)

Prem said...

Actually, these flowers are about two inches from back to front, so they are one of the larger single-flowered plants in the state. I forgot to mention the length before. My post has now been edited accordingly.

Mother Nature's Garden Evolution said...

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Ron said...

This is really lovely, Prem. Is it rare?

Prem said...

It's not a very rare species...it is fairly commonly found in borders of woodlands.

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