One of This Season's Last Ghost Orchids

[prem]

I had despaired photographing any ghost orchid flowers this year, having schedule difficulties preventing me from making the swamps during peak season. An unfortunate and yet fortunate car breakdown coming back from the COS symposium made it where we had to return to the Naples area yesterday. My second oldest son and myself explored the swamps, finding only bloomless ghost orchid plants, until the late afternoon where a final check yielded a single plant with a single flower. I bring to you now one of the last ghost orchid flowers of the season.

You can read more about our day on my blog:

The Florida Native Orchid Blog

---Prem

 

[Shiva]

Wonderful! Great find.

 

[Rick]

Very cool!!

Looks like a pretty big plant given the root spread on the tree trunk.

 

[Lanmark]

Awesome!

 

[W. Beetus]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

 

[SlipperFan]

Good for you, Prem!

 

[NYEric]

Thanx. I hope to soneday see them in situ.

 

[JeanLux]

Thanks a lot for sharing that beauty with us!!!! Jean

 

[chrismende]

Thanks so much for that, Prem! I have just been given a ghost orchid with four spikes! Nice to see one in nature.

 

[biothanasis]

Very beautiful!! The plant is camouflaging it self on the tree trunk and the flower looks like standing in the air from nowhere...!! CooL!!

 

[Wendelin]

Exciting find! Thanks for showing!

 

[JeanLux]

Thanks so much for that, Prem! I have just been given a ghost orchid with four spikes! Nice to see one in nature.

Please don't miss to show us some pics!!!! Jean

 

[Ernie]

Fabulous!!! We gotta go see some of these next year!

 

[prem]

Tank you for all the kind words, everyone.

--- Prem

 

[Marco]

Nice photo. I'm always intrigued by ghost orchids and how the do not have any leaves. Seeing them in-situ is always a pleasure.

thanks

 

[prem]

Thank you, I meant to say 'Thank you' in my previous post, which I cannot now edit.

---Prem