Jim Fowler's photos with the keyword: Millville

No Cutting!

02 Aug 2013 109
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

Platanthera lacera (Ragged Fringed orchid)

02 Aug 2013 119
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

Cutting orchids in Newfoundland

02 Aug 2013 134
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

Platanthera lacera (Ragged Fringed orchid)

02 Aug 2013 127
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

Platanthera Xandrewsii (Andrews' Fringed orchid)

02 Aug 2013 200
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

Platanthera Xandrewsii (Andrews' Fringed orchid)

02 Aug 2013 124
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

Platanthera Xandrewsii (Andrews' Fringed orchid)

02 Aug 2013 104
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

Platanthera Xandrewsii (Andrews' Fringed orchid)

02 Aug 2013 106
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

Platanthera Xandrewsii (Andrews' Fringed orchid)

02 Aug 2013 109
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

Platanthera Xandrewsii (Andrews' Fringed orchid)

02 Aug 2013 101
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

Platanthera Xandrewsii (Andrews' Fringed orchid)

02 Aug 2013 93
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

Platanthera psycodes (Small Purple Fringed orchid

02 Aug 2013 89
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

Platanthera psycodes (Small Purple Fringed orchid

02 Aug 2013 95
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

Platanthera psycodes (Small Purple Fringed orchid

02 Aug 2013 92
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

Platanthera psycodes (Small Purple Fringed orchid

02 Aug 2013 87
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

Platanthera psycodes (Small Purple Fringed orchid

02 Aug 2013 94
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

Platanthera Xandrewsii (Andrews' Fringed orchid)

02 Aug 2013 79
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

Platanthera Xandrewsii (Andrews' Fringed orchid)

02 Aug 2013 100
This day represents perhaps the most frustrating day of our orchid hunt in Newfoundland. First, because of witnessing the deliberate cutting of hay in a field protected by The Nature Conservancy of Canada; thus cutting thousands of fringed orchids in their prime, and second, not being sure of exactly which species we were seeing at the time. Most of the plants we were photographing were probably hybrids of either Platanthera psycodes or Platanthera grandiflora with Platanthera lacera . In a very few cases, it was rather "obvious" that we were seeing the pure species, but in most cases, we just could not be sure... In any case, we had a glorious day photographing these beauties. Except for the days when we saw fields full of Arethusa bulbosa by the tens of thousands, we saw more orchids in bloom at these few sites than any other day on our trip... To read more about our adventure with "tractor man" and to see additional images, please visit Jim's Blog ...

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