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Assorted Botanical Finds - 2023-3 Late May 2023 |
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Assorted Botanical Finds - 2023-3 Late May 2023 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2023) |
| Union County, GA - Late May, 2023 Small Spreading Pogonia (Cleistesiopsis bifaria) is rare in Georgia, with just a handful of recorded occurrences. I have been visiting this site for the past several years. We saw 30-40 flowering plants in 2022, but only about a dozen this year. But that's orchids for you, they can be finicky from year to year. |
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| A nice pair of Small Spreading Pogonia (Cleistesiopsis bifaria) |
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| The flower colors range from white to pink, but there weren't many pinks this year. |
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| A trio of Cleistesiopsis bifaria flowers |
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| Another Cleistesiopsis pair |
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| Whorled Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia) |
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| I like Loosestrifes. This may be my second favorite Loosestrife after Bog Candles (Lysimachia terrestris). |
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| A lot of this Loosestrife was growing with the Pogonias. |