Ghost orchid video

[flhiker]

I was fortunate to receive a email from Chrisaggie. that is a time lapsed video of a Ghost orchid bud opening. He did an amazing job. He also I believe is the first one to film a Ghost orchid getting pollenated by the Sphinx Moth. He's a hugh asset to the strand and anyone interested in the ghost orchid. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

YouTube - Ghost Orchid Time Lapse

[Tom-DE]

That is so cool! Thank you for sharing!

[mikeurquia]

awesome I just saw it and freaked???????????

[quietmorning]

Thanks for sharing! That was really neat! How much did the time lapse cover?

[Ross]

Awsum! He must have camped out for days.

[isurus79]

That is really cool! Thanks for the video!

[cb977]

WOW! That is just too cool!

Thanks for sharing

[flhiker]

Originally Posted by Ross

Awsum! He must have camped out for days.

This is how he did it

A few years ago when I first read Carl Luer's 'The Native Orchids of Florida' I loved his idea of creating a ghost orchid time lapse. I finally decided that this summer was the summer to tackle this project. I set up a camera on a ghost orchid bud in the wild heart of the south florida swamp and programmed the camera to take a picture every 4 minutes. I visited the camera each day and brought it home after it had been taking pictures for 75 hours in the swamps of Big Cypress National Preserve. I hope to shoot a few more of these time lapse videos this summer. You can find out more about the ghost orchid at my website, www.ghostorchid.info.

[RosieC]

Wow, that is absolutly fantastic. Thankyou so much for sharing this with us.

[Swamper]

Great job ,thanks for showing it Dave, and the music was perfect for it as well.