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Three Birds Orchids - 2019 On our property and the S. Nantahala Wilderness Hiawassee, Georgia |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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Three Birds Orchids - 2019 On our property and the S. Nantahala Wilderness Hiawassee, Georgia |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| Late July, 2019: |
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| I'd somehow missed the first small bloom of the 2019 season. (See the spent flower?) Seeing the buds rising upright, I knew we were in for a nice flowering the following day. |
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| Sure enough, I was greeted by dozens of gorgeous blooms the next day. |
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| Three Birds Orchids (Triphora trianthophora) |
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| I was hoping to see some deeper colored flowers like I had seen here last year. |
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| But the flowers were mainly white, with just some tinges of color. |
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| A few more examples from the one day synchronous bloom... |
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| Although the majority of these orchids produce their one-day bloom on the same day, there are always a few stragglers, like this flower, that don't bloom until the next day. |
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| I wasn't paying close attention, and between other botanical excursions, I somehow missed the season's third flowering. But I was ready when the fourth bloom occurred on Aug. 8. |
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| The earlier bloom has consisted primarily of white flowers. But this flowering included several with deep pink/purple tints. |
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| Since I showed so many examples from the earlier bloom, I am just including a few of the deeper colored flowers here... |
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| One more nice pair of flowers... |
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| August 18 - Final bloom of the season. Just a couple of pics... |
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| A nice trio... |