Jim Fowler

Jim Fowler deceased

Posted: 07 Nov 2010


Taken: 06 Nov 2010

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1/80 f/8.0 105.0 mm ISO 200

OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. E-510

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orchids
Boiling Spring Lakes
Brunswick County
Spiranthes
Sigma 105mm
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North Carolina
Olympus
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wildflowers
Ladies'-tresses orchids


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Spiranthes odorata (Fragrant ladies'-tresses orchid)

Spiranthes odorata (Fragrant ladies'-tresses orchid)
Before our trip to the Green Swamp, we had a communication from another photographer friend who had just visited a small town close to the Green Swamp Preserve. He had told us that in this small town (Boiling Spring Lakes), there were some side streets whose ditches were full of orchids. Well, I had to see it for myself.

He was right! And they were in full bloom! The problem turned out to be deciding which species of Spiranthes we were looking at. After much debate, I decided that they were Fragrant ladies'-tresses since the flowers did not nod as do the flowers of Spiranthes cernua.

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