by Rich Leighton | Feb 23, 2019 | Colorado, Interesting Nature Facts, Maxillarieae, Native Orchids, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Orchidaceae
The yellow coralroot is unusual compared to other members of the Corallorhiza genus in that it is the only one that produces its own chlorophyll like nearly all green plants (hence the yellowish-green color) and is only partially parasitic on the surrounding plants...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 30, 2018 | Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Interesting Nature Facts, Native Orchids, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography
Probably the most famous of our southern native orchids, the rare, leafless and mysterious ghost orchid of South Florida, Cuba and the Bahamas is at home in the dark, humid swamps where it regularly skips a few to up to a dozen or more years between flowering. It is...
by Rich Leighton | Aug 9, 2017 | Colorado, NANP, Native Orchids, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Rocky Mountains, Travel
Last month I made a quick trip down to New Mexico and Colorado for a photography business trip and as I was coming over Independence Pass to the east of Aspen, I started spotting a lot of orchids on the side of the road. Because I had a free day or traveling set aside...
by Rich Leighton | Jun 8, 2016 | NANP, Native Orchids, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Washington
Imagine my surprise a few days ago as I was wandering through the dry, hot sagebrush desert of Central Washington State in rural northern Grant County flipping rocks in search or scorpions, spiders and reptiles to photograph when at the edge of a series of lakes there...
by Rich Leighton | May 28, 2015 | NANP, Native Orchids, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Washington
Last weekend I took some time off for camping, hiking and some much-needed R&R with my family in the Wenatchee National Forest in the mountains near Roslyn, Washington. While I wasn’t looking for things to photograph (I was on a mini-vacation after all...
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