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This is the part 1 of 2 of my annual, mid-summer trip to the Carolina Coastal Plain. A couple of new friends from the D.C. area wanted to meet up with me in the Francis Marion National Forest to see what we could find to photograph. I also asked my good friend, Jeff Jackson (who lives in the area) to join us. For some reason, probably the drought along the coastal plain, the orchids were at least a week late getting started. But we did find a few that were in bloom. The Pine Lilies never disappoint, and we found some good ones. To read the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Two days in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway in several counties of the western North Carolina mountains. The wildflowers up there are just spectacular this summer -- especially the orange Turk's-cap Llies. My favorite haunts along the Parkway are the wet drip faces of the road-cut cliffs. Many beautiful and unusual wildflower species prefer these constantly damp/wet places. For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Visit to a local, state Heritage Preserve for the intended purpose of photographing one of our earliest blooming wildflowers of the season: Erythronium umbilicatum or Dimpled Trout Lily . For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Brief trip to the upstate of South Carolina for some fall color. I visited one of my favorite state heritage preserves, Eva Chandler Heritage Preserve, and found some brightly colored wildflowers. To read about the adventure, please go to Jim's Blog .

The second field trip day of this year's annual Native Orchid Conference symposium, took us to Pennington Bog, near Pennington (Cass River), Minnesota. To find out more about this trip, please go to Jim's Blog ...

The second field trip day of this year's annual Native Orchid Conference symposium, took us to Pennington Bog, near Pennington (Cass River), Minnesota. To find out more about this trip, please go to Jim's Blog ...