Calopogon tuberosus - close up of the column showing the cap protecting the pollen grains on the end of the column |
Looking down on the column. The protective cap has been lifted allowing the pollen to escape |
I used a toothpick to lift the cap and dislodge the pollen grains |
Close up of the lip, showing the deceptive "pseudo pollen" which fools the pollinator |
Calopogon tuberosus flower before being pollinated |
After visit from the pollinator, the lip has bent on its hinge, covering the stigma |
C. tuberosus with narrow sepals, petals, and lip |
C. tuberosus growing on a stump in the shallows of a pond |
Walter photographing me photographing him... |
This is me and Philip on the Blue Ridge escarpment bald |
Philip making measurements on the flowers of one of our C. tuberosus plants |
Philip recording more measurements |
Micro island on the escarpment's cataract - D. rotundifolia, S. jonesii, and U. cornuta |
Closeup of D. rotundifolia and U. cornuta |
Closeup of D. rotundifolia with U. cornuta |
Micro island hosting C. tuberosus and very fragrant U. cornuta |
U. cornuta and a single C. tuberosus |
Closeup of U. cornuta and C. tuberosus flowers |
Lighter colored C. tuberosus on a micro island |
One of the escarpment's micro islands providing habitat for many interesting carnivorous plants and native orchids |
Same, from a different perspective |
Sarracenia jonesii still in late bloom on the micro island - note prominent bulge near pitcher's lip |
Philip making more measurements of the native orchids |
Philip getting a few shots of this very unusual habitat |