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2007-04-17 Final field trip of 6th annual NOC symposium - Everglades National Park

2007-04-17 Final field trip of the 6th annual NOC symposium - Everglades National Park.

Here is a group of shots of several orchid species we managed to see while in the Everglades National Park in south Florida. Eventhough Florida has many more orchid species than any other state in the U.S., not all are blooming at any one time. We did see many epiphytes in bloom as well as our old familiar terrestrial orchid, Calopogon tuberosus, but this time it was the variety of Calopogon tuberosus called simpsonii, which is found only in southernmost Florida. It was especially nice for me to be able to study and photograph this one, since it is the last of the Calopogon species that I had not previously seen. Just to keep things interesting, I threw in a photo of a menacing "critter" that we saw on our last day there.

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Cyrtopodium punctatum - cowhorn orchid or cigar orchid named for the shape of its pseudobulbs - a large number of plants
Cyrtopodium punctatum - "cowhorn" orchid or "cigar" orchid named for the shape of its pseudobulbs - a large number of plants		 Cyrtopodium punctatum - same group a bit closer
Cyrtopodium punctatum - same group a bit closer		 Cyrtopodium punctatum - same group a bit closer still
Cyrtopodium punctatum - same group a bit closer still		 Cyrtopodium punctatum - just a portion of a single spike of flowers
Cyrtopodium punctatum - just a portion of a single spike of flowers		 Cyrtopodium punctatum - this spike was at least 4 feet above our heads
Cyrtopodium punctatum - this spike was at least 4 feet above our heads
Cyrtopodium punctatum - two of four seed capsules - each as large as a fist
Cyrtopodium punctatum - two of four seed capsules - each as large as a fist		 Cyrtopodium punctatum - closeup and backlit
Cyrtopodium punctatum - closeup and backlit		 Prosthechea boothiana - dollar orchid in seed - named for the resemblance of its round pseudobulb to a silver dollar
Prosthechea boothiana - "dollar" orchid in seed - named for the resemblance of its round pseudobulb to a silver dollar		 Trichocentrum luridum - mule-eared orchid - note the large leaves that resemble mule's ears
Trichocentrum luridum - "mule-eared" orchid - note the large leaves that resemble mule's ears		 Trichocentrum luridum - a portion of the spike
Trichocentrum luridum - a portion of the spike
Trichocentrum luridum - closeup
Trichocentrum luridum - closeup		 Trichocentrum luridum - backlit by the sun
Trichocentrum luridum - backlit by the sun		 Trichocentrum luridum - a much larger plant with several large spikes
Trichocentrum luridum - a much larger plant with several large spikes		 Trichocentrum luridum - note the color different from the flowers of the previous plant
Trichocentrum luridum - note the color different from the flowers of the previous plant		 Trichocentrum luridum - a bit closer
Trichocentrum luridum - a bit closer
Trichocentrum luridum - full shot of the plant and all of its flower spikes
Trichocentrum luridum - full shot of the plant and all of its flower spikes		 Trichocentrum luridum - closeup
Trichocentrum luridum - closeup		 Trichocentrum luridum - my Brit friend, Graham Giles, adding a bit of scale to the photo
Trichocentrum luridum - my Brit friend, Graham Giles, adding a bit of scale to the photo		 Trichocentrum luridum - a portion of a single spike
Trichocentrum luridum - a portion of a single spike		 Trichocentrum luridum - a bit closer
Trichocentrum luridum - a bit closer
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