The weekend of June 28-29th, I had the privilege of attending not one, but two different trips into the Fakahatchee to see ghost orchids (Dendrophylax/Polyrrhiza/Polyradicion lindenii) in the wild. It was an experience of a lifetime! The first day was hosted by Larry Roberts of http://www.myfloridawildlife.com whom I had met at Myakka River State Park quite by accident a few weeks prior as we were both photographing the same Encyclia tampensis. The second day was hosted by Chris and Misti Little of http://www.ghostorchid.info . In addition to ghost orchids, we saw Cyrtopodium polyphyllum (an escapee into the FL wilds, but probably planted deliberately at Fakahatchee) and Vanilla phaeantha both in flower, as well as many other epiphytes not yet in flower.
Here are a few of the ghost photographs taken during this trip. More orchids to follow on another day: http://www.flnativeorchids.com/natives_gallery/dendrophylax_lindenii.htm Enjoy! ---Prem www.flnativeorchids.com _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
