June 2, 2021:
TNC and volunteers conducted a biennial count of the Green Pitcher Plants and flowers at RBWM.
Since we stayed busy and completed the count in record time, I didn't take many photographs.
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Mal gives us our marching orders
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Counting Pitcher Plants
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Post-count lunch
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June 10, 2021:
I returned a week later with Rod W. to look for Ragged Fringed Orchids.
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Ragged Fringed Orchid (Platanthera lacera)
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Ragged Fringed Orchid
We found nine plants in flower...
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Flower detail
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Ragged Fringed Orchid
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Lance-leaved Loosestrife (Lysimachia lanceolata)
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Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
These plants were just starting to bloom...
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Helmut Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia)
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September 25, 2021:
Returning from a botanical site in TN, we stopped by to see if Pink Coreopsis were
still blooming. They were well past peak, but there were a few blooms still present.
We also saw a colony of Ladies' Tresses orchids that had a lot of variation.
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Rose Coreopsis, aka Pink Tickseed (Coreopsis rosea)
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Rose Coreopsis
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Rose Coreopsis
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Ten-angled Pipewort, aka Hatpins (Eriocaulon decangulare)
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Drumhead, aka Cross-Leaf Milkwort (Polygala cruciata)
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Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid (Spiranthes cernua)
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I've included several examples to show the variety we saw in these plants.
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Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid
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Flower detail
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Me, photographing one of the previous Spiranthes
Photo by Edward Ley
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Purple Gerardia (Agalinis purpurea)
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