Wild tempensis day - Orchid Board

flhiker · #1 (**permalink**) 10-26-2008, 07:19 PM

Hi all, I have finally was able to make a trip to the Florida Trail in Big Cypress Everglades National park and found some really nice old Tempensis and some other interesting finds. Hope you like!

1. This a tempensis on a downed tree practically on the trail.
2. This one is on a broken tree
3. This one is around 20 feet in the air and was flowering and very large
4,5,& 6 are unknown wild flowers
7. This flower is actually on a aquatic plant
8. A wasp nest I nearly walked into.

9. this is a ants nest. The ants are black and build there nest high above the water
10. A mile marker for the Florida Trail

dgenovese1 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-26-2008, 07:27 PM

Hi Dave...nice photo journal you've put together...thanks!

I don't know the names of any of the wild flowers you posted, but they sure are beautiful!

RoyalOrchids · #3 (**permalink**) 10-26-2008, 11:22 PM

Yeah, great shots Dave. LOVE the in situ shots. So, you say there is a "trail" in that last photo?

prem · #4 (**permalink**) 10-27-2008, 01:21 AM

#7 is a bladderwort flower. I leave it as an exercise for the reader to identify the species.

---Prem

cb977 · #5 (**permalink**) 10-27-2008, 08:58 AM

Dave, I'm sure glad you and our other swamping friends share your adventures with us...because I'd NEVER walk through that!

flhiker · #6 (**permalink**) 10-27-2008, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by RoyalOrchids

Yeah, great shots Dave. LOVE the in situ shots. So, you say there is a "trail" in that last photo?

Yep! when the water is real high like it is, it can be a little hard to see but the markers are usually with in view of each other. Come on down and I'll show it to you first hand.