Jim Fowler's photos with the keyword: Alan Cressler

Another long day trip back to the mountains of northeast Georgia. My good friend, Alan Cressler, and I were re-visiting a remote mountain bog to check on the bloom status of the native orchid, Mountain Small Spreading Pogonia we had seen in bud the previous week. We were not disappointed! We also found another very rare wildflower along the way. To read the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

On Saturday, after more than a week of rain and another four days of additional rain being predicted, I somehow convinced two of my flickr buddies, Alan Cressler and Kelvin Taylor (and his cousin, Cathy Howell) to join me at the orchid site in Brevard, North Carolina. We were fortunate that the threatening rain did not materialize until we were leaving. Thus, the diffused lighting was just about perfect for photography, and the flowers were in perfect bloom, as well. We even saw one double-flowered plant -- a very rare find for this species. Just to prove that it's a small world: When we arrived on site, another photographer was already sprawled out, capturing these beauties with his digital camera. His name is John Horner, and he is an old friend from Illinois. I met him a number of years ago through our membership in the Native Orchid Conference . Small world, indeed, when the word gets around about a great orchid location... For more information about this trip, please check out Jim's Blog ...