by Rich Leighton | Dec 17, 2019 | Florida Nature Photography, Interesting Nature Facts, Landscape, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
The Fakahatchee Strand in Southwest Florida is famous for its variety of wild native orchids – particularly the ghost orchid, as well as its rare ferns and bromeliads. Part of the Northern Florida Everglades system, it has an extremely diverse eco system with...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 12, 2014 | Florida, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel
Growing up in Southwest Florida, air plants were just about as common to me as sea gulls. Over the years as I gradually fell into the role of a naturalist and wildlife photographer, I’ve heard, learned and picked up a lot of information about these unusual...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 4, 2013 | Florida, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Reptiles
Every once in a while I go through my old images and find one I can’t believe I missed….. but better late than never! American Alligator ~ click to enlarge ~ In some parts of the Fakahatchee Strand in the northwestern Florida Everglades, it is very common...
by Rich Leighton | Aug 2, 2012 | NANP, Native Orchids, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Story, Travel
Orchids. Just the very word brings to mind a vision of exotic color, delightful texture and fantastic shapes, and the scent of consummate and delicious fragrances. Often it evokes feelings of peaceful reflection, caring, and a love for nature’s most wondrous...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 12, 2011 | Florida, Landscape, Mushrooms, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography
Sometimes I find a beautiful specimen in nature that I simply just can’t identify. Tonight I finally identified a beautiful red mushroom I photographed five years ago in Fakahatchee Strand of Southwest Florida’s Western Everglades. I knew immediately it...
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