North American Native Orchid Conference field day 1

[kentuckiense]

Yeah, as you can see, it was pretty awesome. I only made it to about half the sites, too.

In chronological order:

Spiranthes lacera var. lacera

Platanthera clavellata var. clavellata

Platanthera ciliaris

Pogonia ophioglossoides

Platanthera lacera

Malaxis unifolia

Platanthera peramoena

 

[SlipperFan]

Wonderful photos! Thanks for sharing -- I don't see these, except in books.

 

[JeanLux]

very, very nice!!! Thank you! I esp. like the diff. Platanthera lips. Jean

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Looks like great fun Zach! It must be nice to see P. peramoena in person - a rare thing if you don't live in the mid south. Thanks for the shots and keep 'em comin' please!

 

[goldenrose]

Very interesting!! Thanks!

 

[paphioboy]

Oo.... Those platantheras are so cool... they definitely look related to Habenarias...

 

[likespaphs]

.... they definitely look related to Habenarias...

of course they are, silly. they're both orchids....oke:

 

[ORG]

Many thanks for the wonderful pictures

Olaf

 

[NYEric]

Sounds like fun; hot, but fun. Thanx for posting.

 

[kentuckiense]

Thanks everyone.

Tomorrow is the second and final field day. I'll only be going to one of the four sites, but the two species there are just mindblowing. Stay tuned.

 

[Evergreen]

Awesome platantheras Thank you for posting these superb photos!

 

[GuRu]

Nice to see some of North America's natives in situ - thanks for posting these pictures and I'm looking forward to seeing some more.
Best regards from Germany, rudolf