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Post by jfowler on Jun 1, 2008 6:34:05 GMT
On 2008-05-31, in conjunction with a visit from a friend from the University of Florida, we visited several sites in the upstate of South Carolina, where we saw native orchids and several species of carnivorous plants. The link to a gallery of the day's photos is at: www.pbase.com/jimfowler/20080531upstatescHere is one of the CP photos to whet your appetite: D. rotundifolia, U. cornuta, and S. jonesii  |
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Post by Brian Barnes on Jun 1, 2008 12:01:27 GMT
Very nice photos, Jim! Calapogon tuberosus has got to be my favorite terrestrial orchid, along with Calapogon pallidus and Calapogon multiflorus...I'd really love to see some shots of the Spiranthes cernua you spoke of. As for us here in Florida, soon we'll have the lovely Plantathera blephariglottus and Plantathera nivea coming up soon, which are also very breathtaking.  Thank you for sharing those with us. Happy Growing, Brian. |
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Post by jfowler on Jun 1, 2008 13:25:34 GMT
Hey Brian. For Spiranthes cernua, let me refer you to: www.pbase.com/jimfowler/20061014_aplectrum_spiranthesThe first four images are those of S. cernua on a "micro island" in one of our upstate South Carolina Heritage Preserves. This particular island is hanging on precariously to the steep bald, and I fully expect it to slide down the bald one of these years. It is probably 9' x 6' (3m x 2m) and contains hundreds of S. cernua flowers in mid-October. Jim |
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Post by Brian Barnes on Jun 1, 2008 15:39:18 GMT
Gorgeous! Are those fragrant? Beats the heck out of the Spiranthes vernalis and Habenaria odontpetala that's everywhere down here...
Thanks,
Brian.
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Post by jfowler on Jun 1, 2008 22:56:28 GMT
Hey Brian,
No, Spiranthes cernua is not usually fragrant except when the flowers are crushed -- unlike S. odorata, which looks similar to S. cernua, but is very fragrant. I believe you have those down your way. We have them on the coast, but not up in the foothills and mountains.
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Post by BarryRice on Jun 3, 2008 15:39:54 GMT
Hey Jim,
Sweet photos! Nice to see you and Walter still up to trouble in familiar places!
B
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Post by RL7836 on Jun 9, 2008 20:48:16 GMT
Jim, Great job with some beautiful pics of some excellent plants in their habitat. Really interesting to see just how precariously they live on those little islands...  |
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Post by Adammmm on Jun 27, 2008 11:04:27 GMT
If you look closely, you can see some rotundas growing underwater.
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Post by jfowler on Jun 27, 2008 16:59:34 GMT
Sorry, awgaupp, but the water is only one-eighth of an inch deep or less on the granite bald. I think what you are seeing is either a reflection or some leafy matter in front of the Drosera rotundifolia.
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Post by Adammmm on Jun 27, 2008 18:27:56 GMT
hmm... oh well, but where we go, rotundas grow underwater... i know, pretty weird and its not reflection, i touched them.
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