My topic was "A Year in the Bog with Florida's Orchids", covering a year's worth of terrestrial orchids resident in acid bogs and wetlands in the state of Florida.
Best Books & Music of 2024
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Reading This year I lowered my reading expectations, intending to tackle a
pile of magazines and longer books I needed to read this year. I typically
read ...
White Sunnybell - Schoenolirion albiflorum
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White sunnybell (*Schoenolirion albiflorum*) is a perennial member of the
agave family. It occurs throughout peninsular Florida in the eastern half
of ...
Florida Nature Facts #145 – Drone Flies
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While bees are the current darlings of the invertebrate world, drone flies
deserve a lot of credit as well. Not only do these cousins to mosquitoes,
hous...
Early October swamp
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Banks overtopping ... And canals intersecting with strands. The regular
summer onslaughtof summer showers is nearing its end,but could more
tropical rai...
Exploring the Food Forest through art
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*Nature journaling at FGCU*
On February 11th and 18th I visited Professor Mary Voytek’s Environmental
Art class at Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. M...
New Orchid Season
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I had to lead a field trip for the Washington Native Plant Society on
Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands on May 18 and did some orchid hunting along the
way an...
Grassy Gap Hike
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Google Earth Pro aerial imagery reveals some interesting rock exposures in
Pisgah National Forest that can be accessed via Forest Service Road 1206.
Tha...
Exmoor visit
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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...
Neotinea tridentata
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Δήλεσι 07-04-2012 Βοιωτία
Κλικ στην φωτογραφία για μεγέθυνση
Η Νεοτινέα η τρίδοντη [Neotinea tridentata (Scopoli 1772) R. M. Bateman,
Pridgeon & M.W.Chas...
Flower Friday: Butterfly orchid
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*Butterfly orchid (Encyclia tampensis) *
*Photo by Mary Keim* *Click on terms for botanical definitions. *
Butterfly orchid is a slow-growing, epiphytic pe...
They Say It's Winter
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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, ...
Caladenia exstans - Pointing Spider Orchid
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*Caladenia exstans - Pointing Spider Orchid*
A coastal to near coastal orchid of restricted distribution between the Mt
Merivale/...
Crested caracara seen on PI!
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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...
Should I stay or should I go?
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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...
Betting Odds On World Cup Soccer 2014
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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...
My blog featured in Orchids made easy
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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 ...
Pholidota chinensis in bloom last month
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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...
Brassavola cucullata - ghost-like flower.
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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...
The Florida National Scenic Trail
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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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