My first Orchid of the season

[oji]

Hopefully a few more for my list this year. The purples may require a trip to the northern counties. I'll also throw in a meal at The Pic for the Cleistes deal!

 

[oji]

I hope this one is correct! Spiranthes tuberosa

 

[Teegate]

View attachment 3241 I hope this one is correct! Spiranthes tuberosa

You better be or you better go back to school. Isn't that right Bob?

In any event...nice to see your photo's starting back up.

 

[bobpbx]

You better be or you better go back to school. Isn't that right Bob?

Fortunately for him, it looks like he's right, so no schooling required.

 

[oji]

I go to school because it's fun! I also have a great group of teachers!

 

[Dragonfly Whisperer]

Boyd's Wildflower Book is a great resource as is his field guide. I also have another orchid book that is useful and includes many Pine Barrens species. Its called Wild Orchids of the Middle Atlantic States, by Oscar W. Gupton and Frederick C. Swope. Here is some Spiranthes cernua I shot last fall. I went back to visit them again, only to find that the deer had taken them. Also have a nice crop of them growing in the nursery; its taken me a few years to get them going from stock I purchased at Brandywine Conservancy. The babies bloomed this year for the first time.

 

[Gibby]

I know these don't count because they are not in bloom, but it is a start.

Southern Twayblade (Listera australis) with bi-color leaves.

 

[oji]

A friend called me today and said he saw some blooming today.

 

[Lost Town Hunter]

This is a nice shot of the Twayblade in bud.

 

[Gibby]

Showy orchis (Galearis spectabilis) early this morning.

 

[bobpbx]

Very nice Gibby. In the Pines proper?

 

[Gibby]

In the Pines proper?

Very close, but unfortunately no. These where found just on the outskirts in the Inner Coastal Plain.

 

[Gibby]

Has anyone seen Isotria emerging or in bloom? I found a large population of Downey's with few yet to be identified orchids growing in between the silver-veined plants. They may be lady's slippers. Hopefully the two existing flowers are part of a trinity and the third piece of the triad is the whorled pogonia. I was just curious if any of the long eared orchids have been seen recently.

 

[oji]

I'll try to check the population by me tomorrow.

 

[oji]

I'll try to check the population by me tomorrow.

Nothing yet

 

[Gibby]

Nothing yet

Thanks Oji! I was looking in the native area along the old reclaimed farm field by the Rancocas. The leaf littered hard wood muck area back by the waterhole to be specific.

 

[Teegate]

Found a nice stand of Arethusa bulbosa.

I took one using my sunglasses

 

[Gibby]

Teegate, nice to see that the Arethusa in bloom! Are these lovelies the ones you showed me in Wharton?

-Arethusa is one of my top five favorite flowers that are native to the Pine Barrens.

 

[Teegate]

Teegate, nice to see that the Arethusa in bloom! Are these lovelies the ones you showed me in Wharton?

-Arethusa is one of my top five favorite flowers that are native to the Pine Barrens.

No it isn't. This one was much easier to get to I found them by accident. I was looking for something else and there they were.

 

[Teegate]

I was out of the house this morning at 4:30 AM heading to the barrens to check on a few projects. This shows route 70 near Burrs Mill around 5AM.

A little later.

Deep in the woods.

Unlike yesterdays find this location is much later and smaller.

Plenty of Pitcher Plant flowers.

This photo stinks!

By 8:40 AM I was home and my day in the pines was over.


Guy