by Rich Leighton | Sep 26, 2011 | NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography
After years of hunting down and photographing wild orchids all over Florida and the American Southeast for much of the past decade, when we decided to move to Washington one of the first things that came to my mind as we began planning the move was, “There will...
by Rich Leighton | Sep 20, 2011 | NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, News, Travel
This is pretty cool. Last year I was contacted by the Florida Department of Forestry about a project they were doing in the Ocala National Forest. It seemed they were making some new trails and wanted to add some informative signs and markers along the way to help and...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 17, 2011 | Florida Nature Photography, NANP, Native Orchids, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, News, Photography
After years of talking about it, planning it, traveling around the state of Florida shooting for it – I am please to announce that my first book, “Native Orchids of Florida” by Rich Leighton is now published and available....
by Rich Leighton | Feb 15, 2011 | Florida, Florida Nature Photography, NANP, Native Orchids, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography
The green adder’s-mouth orchid (Malaxis unifolia) is one of those species that does and will continue to elude the best of the orchid hunters. Not only is it quite rare across the state of Florida, but it is one of the most easily overlooked. Found primarily in...
by Rich Leighton | Jul 27, 2009 | Florida Nature Photography, NANP, Native Orchids, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Wildflowers
My search for Tipularia discolor – the cranefly orchid – began last fall in North Florida along the Apalachicola River, and has proven to be (at least for me) one of the most difficult and frustrating of Florida’s wild and native orchids for me to find. It goes...
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