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Jim Fowler deceased

Posted: 14 Jul 2012

Taken: 13 Jul 2012

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1/15 • f/5.6 • 148.0 mm • ISO 200 •

OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. E-5

SIGMA 105mm F2.8 MACRO

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macro •
Olympus 1.4X Teleconverter •
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain orchid •
JIM FOWLER •
Goodyera pubescens •
pollinator •
E-5 •
Sigma 105mm •
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105mm •
wildflowers •
orchids •
Halictid bee •

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Goodyera pubescens (Downy Rattlesnake Plantain orchid) + possible pollinator

Goodyera pubescens (Downy Rattlesnake Plantain orchid) + possible pollinator
Today, Walter and I went back up to the Goodyera site in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, NC. I wanted to try out a new lens combination -- Sigma 105mm lens + Olympus 1.4X Teleconverter. Here are the results. The flowers are less than 1/4" across.

I believe this is a pollinator for this orchid. Looks like some kind of halictid bee. It is similar to the bee that I've seen pollinating the Three-birds orchids that grow nearby. It visited about half the flowers on the bloom stem.
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