Fakahatchee Strand.....A year in review - Page 4 - Orchid Board

Ghost Hunter · #31 04-12-2011, 03:44 PM

Been sorting through a few thousand photos......here are a few more I have not posted yet. . .

Blethia purpurea

Blethia purpurea

"Pine Pink"

Campylocentrum pachyrrhizum

"Bent Ribbon Orchid"

This particular orchid still has it's juvinile leaf which will fall off by it's 2nd year leaving just the roots as the mature plant.

Campylocentrum pachyrrhizum

"Bent Ribbon Orchid"

This juvinile plant still has its "baby leaf". This will typically fall off after the first year of growth and then it will grow into an adult leafless orchid.

Another juvenile Ribbon orchid.

Campylocentrum pachyrrhizum

"Bent Ribbon Orchid"

Epidendrum nocturnum

"Night Scented Epidendrum"

Epidendrum amphistomum

"Dingy Flowered Star Orchid"

Dendrophylax porrectus

"Jingle Bell Orchid", "Needleroot Orchid"

This plant has the typical seed pods which it gets it's common name of 'Jingle bell' from.

Dendrophylax porrectus

"Jingle Bell Orchid", "Needle Root Orchid"

Epidendrum rigidum

"Rigid Epidendrum"

Epidendrum rigidum

And some of the other sights of the Fakahatchee...

Strix varia

"Barred Owl"

Buteo lineatus

"Red Shouldered Hawk"

Me taking a relaxing break after 10 hours of hiking

Enjoying a refreshing break

Dark-thirty is the swamp.........

Time to go home and prepare for another day.

Dark-thirty in the swamp.....

Reserved for that special time when it is neither day nor night and when shapes and shadows play tricks on the mind. The half hour just before nightfall.........the dark-thirty.

Living life one photo at a time.

Tindomul · #32 04-12-2011, 05:11 PM

Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!!!!!!
Blettia purpurea, you gotta enter that one into the calendar next year. You have to!!!!
Gorgeous Owl and wow, I can't believe you actually saw a Puma concolor!!

jrodpad · #33 04-12-2011, 05:17 PM

Amazing! What an adventure. Incredible skills behind the camera. This has got to be every orchid nut's wildest dream. I can't believe that all of those orchids are in the same place. What I wouldn't give to live in Florida.

Thank you so much for sharing.

-J

Ghost Hunter · #34 04-12-2011, 05:49 PM

Tindomul.....

Thank you very much for the enthusiasm and kind words. I will surely enter the photo next time. It's one of my fav's too.

J...

That's just a portion of the orchids of Fakahatchee. I still have many more to find and photograph.

Living life one photo at a time.

Justin Parkkonen · #35 04-12-2011, 11:28 PM

These are all great shots, but that Bletia shot is phenominal! So many fully open flowers... Amazing!

Anisa · #36 04-13-2011, 01:31 AM

Gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing! It like being there, well not quite, but maybe some day

Ghost Hunter · #37 04-13-2011, 07:10 AM

Justin,

Thanks. I didn't expect this much of a reaction to that pic although it is my favorite shot from last year. I'm really glad you and everyone else enjoyed it soo much.

It's almost time for them to flower out there.

Ok....I'm going out there in Saturday....anyone wanna go look for chids?

Living life one photo at a time.

Tindomul · #38 04-13-2011, 11:14 AM

I hope I can join you the next time I go to Florida. Who knows when.

abigaillevans · #39 04-13-2011, 11:50 AM

Fakahatchee Strand is much closer to me than I thought -- your pictures are convincing me that I need to make the trip.

Thank you for all these photos -- they're beautiful.

Ghost Hunter · #40 04-14-2011, 02:47 PM

Everyone should experience it at least once.

Living life one photo at a time.