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This is the result of a day-long visit to northern Georgia, Murray County to be specific. Joining me on the trip were my good friends from Atlanta, Alan Cressler and Henning von Schmeling. There were wildflowers galore, including some very rare ones and ones yet to be named. Included were a couple of "life list" ones for me, so it was a super botanizing day! To read the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Results of a long but rewarding day trip to the South Carolina coastal plain -- the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina, to be specific. Thanks to my good friend Dr. Richard Porcher, who joined me on a portion of this trip, I was able to locate and photograph the federally Endangered, Schwalbea Americana or American chaffseed . For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Results of a long but rewarding day trip to the South Carolina coastal plain -- the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina, to be specific. Thanks to my good friend Dr. Richard Porcher, who joined me on a portion of this trip, I was able to locate and photograph the federally Endangered, Schwalbea Americana or American chaffseed . For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Results of a long but rewarding day trip to the South Carolina coastal plain -- the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina, to be specific. Thanks to my good friend Dr. Richard Porcher, who joined me on a portion of this trip, I was able to locate and photograph the federally Endangered, Schwalbea Americana or American chaffseed . For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Results of a long but rewarding day trip to the South Carolina coastal plain -- the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina, to be specific. Thanks to my good friend Dr. Richard Porcher, who joined me on a portion of this trip, I was able to locate and photograph the federally Endangered, Schwalbea Americana or American chaffseed . For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Results of a long but rewarding day trip to the South Carolina coastal plain -- the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina, to be specific. Thanks to my good friend Dr. Richard Porcher, who joined me on a portion of this trip, I was able to locate and photograph the federally Endangered, Schwalbea Americana or American chaffseed . For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Day 1 of a 4-day trip to the Atlantic Coastal Plain of South Carolina and North Carolina. Day 1 would take me to the Francis Marion National Forest -- home to many beautiful native wildlflowers including orchids and carnivorous plants. For the full report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Day 1 of a 4-day trip to the Atlantic Coastal Plain of South Carolina and North Carolina. Day 1 would take me to the Francis Marion National Forest -- home to many beautiful native wildlflowers including orchids and carnivorous plants. For the full report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Day 1 of a 4-day trip to the Atlantic Coastal Plain of South Carolina and North Carolina. Day 1 would take me to the Francis Marion National Forest -- home to many beautiful native wildlflowers including orchids and carnivorous plants. For the full report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Day 1 of a 4-day trip to the Atlantic Coastal Plain of South Carolina and North Carolina. Day 1 would take me to the Francis Marion National Forest -- home to many beautiful native wildlflowers including orchids and carnivorous plants. For the full report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Day 1 of a 4-day trip to the Atlantic Coastal Plain of South Carolina and North Carolina. Day 1 would take me to the Francis Marion National Forest -- home to many beautiful native wildlflowers including orchids and carnivorous plants. For the full report, please go to Jim's Blog .

On Saturday, May 22, the day after my book signing in Wilmington, NC, I joined a few TNC staff at a fairly new TNC site in Pender County, NC. It is not open to the public because it is still a part of an active hunt club, but I was priviledged to join the group on the field trip. The name of the site is McLean Savannah, and it is host to a number of orchid species as well as many carnivorous plant species. For more about this field trip, visit Jim's Blog .

On Saturday, May 22, the day after my book signing in Wilmington, NC, I joined a few TNC staff at a fairly new TNC site in Pender County, NC. It is not open to the public because it is still a part of an active hunt club, but I was priviledged to join the group on the field trip. The name of the site is McLean Savannah, and it is host to a number of orchid species as well as many carnivorous plant species. For more about this field trip, visit Jim's Blog .

We just returned from the 3-day annual symposium of the Native Orchid Conference. This year, we had our meeting in Wilmington, North Carolina. The field trips were held in the Green Swamp, a 17,000 acre holding managed by The Nature Conservancy. It is known for its wonderful native orchids as well as its superb carnivorous plants. Since it was an orchid symposium, I will honor this by presenting orchid images in the first pass then follow up with other wildflowers in the next few days...

We just returned from the 3-day annual symposium of the Native Orchid Conference. This year, we had our meeting in Wilmington, North Carolina. The field trips were held in the Green Swamp, a 17,000 acre holding managed by The Nature Conservancy. It is known for its wonderful native orchids as well as its superb carnivorous plants. Since it was an orchid symposium, I will honor this by presenting orchid images in the first pass then follow up with other wildflowers in the next few days...

The second day of my weekend trip to the Atlantic Coastal Plain... These shots represent native orchids found in the Francis Marion National Forest, near Charleston, SC. Some are repeat species that I photographed in the Green Swamp near Wilmington, NC on the previous day. The only differences being the white orchids toward the end of today's post. I am including a number of these to show the different forms that the clusters of flowers present to the viewer. Notice that some of them seem to march straight up the stem while others "spiral" around the stem -- some tightly and some loosely... I apologize for the bad lighting on these. They were growing in the median of a busy, 4-lane highway, in the harsh mid-day sun. In addition, the wind was blowing like crazy. Needless to say, I got some strange looks from passing motorists. But I'm used to that...

The second day of my weekend trip to the Atlantic Coastal Plain... These shots represent native orchids found in the Francis Marion National Forest, near Charleston, SC. Some are repeat species that I photographed in the Green Swamp near Wilmington, NC on the previous day. The only differences being the white orchids toward the end of today's post. I am including a number of these to show the different forms that the clusters of flowers present to the viewer. Notice that some of them seem to march straight up the stem while others "spiral" around the stem -- some tightly and some loosely... I apologize for the bad lighting on these. They were growing in the median of a busy, 4-lane highway, in the harsh mid-day sun. In addition, the wind was blowing like crazy. Needless to say, I got some strange looks from passing motorists. But I'm used to that...

The second day of my weekend trip to the Atlantic Coastal Plain... These shots represent native orchids found in the Francis Marion National Forest, near Charleston, SC. Some are repeat species that I photographed in the Green Swamp near Wilmington, NC on the previous day. The only differences being the white orchids toward the end of today's post. I am including a number of these to show the different forms that the clusters of flowers present to the viewer. Notice that some of them seem to march straight up the stem while others "spiral" around the stem -- some tightly and some loosely... I apologize for the bad lighting on these. They were growing in the median of a busy, 4-lane highway, in the harsh mid-day sun. In addition, the wind was blowing like crazy. Needless to say, I got some strange looks from passing motorists. But I'm used to that...