Jim Fowler's photos with the keyword: seed capsule

Spent a long day in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, NC and then on up to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Late Summer and Fall usher in a host of colorful wildflowers, some of which (for this southern boy) are more often found much farther north. That's the very thing I like about the high elevations of the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. That, plus the cooler mountain weather. To get the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Long day trip down to the Coastal Plain of South Carolina -- Francis Marion National Forest, to be exact. Four hours each way from home, and then another three to four hours of driving around looking for photographic opportunities did make for a long trip. But, I got to see what I came for: several autumn orchid species and other interesting and colorful wildflowers. I love that place... To read the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Day trip to the Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County, North Carolina and the Blue Ridge Parkway. This is the season for late summer wildflowers in western North Carolina -- especially pleasing were the Parnassia asarifolia or Kidney-leaf Grass-of-Parnassus and the Gentiana latidens or Balsam Mountain Gentian in the vertical bogs along the Parkway. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Day trip to the Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County, North Carolina and the Blue Ridge Parkway. This is the season for late summer wildflowers in western North Carolina -- especially pleasing were the Parnassia asarifolia or Kidney-leaf Grass-of-Parnassus and the Gentiana latidens or Balsam Mountain Gentian in the vertical bogs along the Parkway. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Day trip to Fort Mountain State Park, Murray County, in the mountains of north central Georgia to check out some orchids and other wildflowers.

Weekend trip with my friend, Alan Cressler, to a long section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. We were fortunate to find a number of species of orchids and milkweeds, including a rare hybrid milkweed. For the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Weekend trip with my friend, Alan Cressler, to a long section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. We were fortunate to find a number of species of orchids and milkweeds, including a rare hybrid milkweed. For the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Recent day trip to the Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County, North Carolina. I went up there specifically to photograph the Ladies'-tresses orchids, but I found some surprises... To read more about this trip, please go to Jim's Blog .

Walter Ezell and I met Liz Fox (a Flickr photography friend from Georgia), her two well-behaved dogs, and her friend Tom at DuPont State Recreational Forest for an outing to photograph the local native orchids and any other interesting wildflowers that we could find. These three Aplectrum hyemale shots were actually taken in the Pisgah National Forest after we finished at DuPont. To read about our adventure, please go to Jim's Blog .

These images were taken on a day trip to upstate Greenville County, South Carolina for the purpose of photographing wildflowers. Some species have just come into bloom, while others are just past peak bloom and are making seeds. For the trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

These images were taken on a day trip to upstate Greenville County, South Carolina for the purpose of photographing wildflowers. Some species have just come into bloom, while others are just past peak bloom and are making seeds. For the trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Results of a two-day trip to the Francis Marion National Forest to botanize with a friend from Connecticut. To read more about this weekend trip, please go to Jim's Blog ...

It was a good day (very cloudy) for photography outdoors, so I drove for 45 minutes to a local Heritage Preserve in upstate Greenville County, South Carolina. Here are some of the interesting things I found... To read more about this trip, please go to Jim's Blog ...

My friend, Sam Saulys (Connecticut), and I spent the day botanizing in southeast Georgia. We found some very interesting orchids and wildflowers -- one, a real surprise... For the details of our day in the field, please go to Jim's Blog ...

Native Orchid Conference field trip to south Florida Everglades.

This is the day we began heading north up the Trans Canada Highway. On the way, we passed the Edna's Road Bog, then headed toward J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park. Lots of bogs; lots of orchids... To see more images and to read abou the story, please go to Jim's Blog ...

This is the day we began heading north up the Trans Canada Highway. On the way, we passed the Edna's Road Bog, then headed toward J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park. Lots of bogs; lots of orchids... To see more images and to read abou the story, please go to Jim's Blog ...

This is the day we began heading north up the Trans Canada Highway. On the way, we passed the Edna's Road Bog, then headed toward J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park. Lots of bogs; lots of orchids... To see more images and to read abou the story, please go to Jim's Blog ...