by Rich Leighton | Feb 17, 2020 | Interesting Nature Facts, Maxillarieae, Native Orchids, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Certain species of orchids are parasitic. They are not able to produce food (sugar) using the sunlight and carbon dioxide (like other plants). Instead, they obtain food from fungi that live inside their roots. MORE PHOTOS OF NATIVE ORCHIDS MORE INTERESTING NATURE...
by Rich Leighton | Oct 28, 2019 | Florida, Interesting Nature Facts, Native Orchids, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Roughly 10 percent of all plant species are orchids, making them the largest plant family on Earth. MORE PHOTOS OF ORCHIDS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series about the flora, fauna and places that make North America so amazing. Posts...
by Rich Leighton | Jul 13, 2016 | Florida, NANP, Native Orchids, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Wildflowers
Quick post today to share with you one of my favorite terrestrial orchids of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts – the southern white fringed orchid! Often difficult to photograph in Florida’s bright summer sunlight, heavy overcast skies were a huge in helping...
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 | Mar 18, 2016 | Featured, Florida, NANP, Native Orchids, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography
One of my very favorite types of wild native orchids I’ve found in the wild are those belonging to the tribe Cymbidieae, all of which are found in the tropics or subtropics. Not only are the flowers spectacularly colorful and often large, each plant often has...
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