Rarer than the ghost orchid - Triphora craigheadii

[dounoharm]

well this will surely make me watch my feet more carefully as i walk thru the woods...i would hate to step on something so precious....good job photoing it! thanks!!

[mikeurquia]

cool prem hows the family ghost hunter? take care

[prem]

Miguel, we're doing quite well...we were down on the 20th to do a survey with Mike Owen...got to see lots of mature plants and seedlings...I posted a few of the new pictures to my ghost page:

Ghost Orchid, Frog Orchid, Palm Polly (Dendrophylax lindenii) Information Page at Florida's Native and Naturalized Orchids

---Prem

[mikeurquia]

cool we'll make a trip in the future found a new one yesterday,,,it had two flowers at one time growing what a find?

[Tindomul]

A very cool find. I have to say if it had been me looking, I would most certainly have found it after stepping on it. I once read that the best way to look for terrestrial orchids is to squat down on all fours and get a bugs eye view of things. Thats when you are most likely to see stuff sticking out of the ground.

[mikeurquia]

in that position in the swamps u wont go to far and the snakes well they will be right in ur face ,,,,,not good

[Tindomul]

oh boy, well, in that case you will have to risk it once every twenty minutes, lol.

[prem]

Thankfully, in the swamps most of the terrestrials are elevated on tree stumps and logs. They would not survive in the standing water that covers the ground for at least half a year.

---Prem

[mikeurquia]

thanks prem 4 d info me all I look 4 are the epiphytes the ones that are growing on tree trunks sort of the hitching a ride of the host tree its sort of like that song from the beetles ......I get bye with a little help from my friends.......