Fakahatchee finds
 

Hi all, I had a great day in the Strand today. The water was up to 3ft. in places, which made for a much cooler day.

We also had the pleasure of finding 4 ghost flowers, a few blooming Dingy Star orchids, and some blooming Ridged Epidendrum also a nice find of a dozen plants with spiking and flowering Polystachya concreta (yellow helmet orchid).
Some pretty wild flowers and a couple critters. A shy swamp rat and tree frog


Hope you enjoy the photos

Yellow helmet orchid

Great shots--I stared and stared at the picture with the ferns and couldn't figure out what I was looking at until I saw this eye staring back.:blushing: Thanks for treking around in the heat and humidity of Florida and sharing your wonderful finds:thanx:

Hahah, I didn't notice what it was either (thought it was a swamp fern) until you pointed out that there was an eye!

Wonderful pics. Thanks for sharing!

Beautiful pictures, Dave. Thanks!

Thanks, Dave. Think I'll stay here and enjoy your trip from comfort of my computer chair :rofl:

Great shots as always :biggrin::Tup:

That swamp rat is so cute peeking through the ferns.
Great pics! thanks for sharing.

Bingo

I don't blame you! It's hot as hell out there. :D

Thank you, Fabulous as always Dave.
I didn't see the rat at all at first either! he's very cute.