Native orchids of North America #3

Growing and blooming in my front yard in the shade under a Camellia. I rescued this orchid growing on a log from a woodpile near Charleston, SC a couple of years ago. It's been given no special care at all. I had no idea that it would survive our dry summers and cold winters in the upstate of SC -- 20 or so bloom spikes. Fooled me...

Growing and blooming in my front yard in the shade under a Camellia. I rescued this orchid growing on a log from a woodpile near Charleston, SC a couple of years ago. It's been given no special care at all. I had no idea that it would survive our dry summers and cold winters in the upstate of SC -- 20 or so bloom spikes. Fooled me...

Two days in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway in several counties of the western North Carolina mountains. The wildflowers up there are just spectacular this summer -- especially the orange Turk's-cap Llies. My favorite haunts along the Parkway are the wet drip faces of the road-cut cliffs. Many beautiful and unusual wildflower species prefer these constantly damp/wet places. For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Two days in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway in several counties of the western North Carolina mountains. The wildflowers up there are just spectacular this summer -- especially the orange Turk's-cap Llies. My favorite haunts along the Parkway are the wet drip faces of the road-cut cliffs. Many beautiful and unusual wildflower species prefer these constantly damp/wet places. For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Two days in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway in several counties of the western North Carolina mountains. The wildflowers up there are just spectacular this summer -- especially the orange Turk's-cap Llies. My favorite haunts along the Parkway are the wet drip faces of the road-cut cliffs. Many beautiful and unusual wildflower species prefer these constantly damp/wet places. For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Two days in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway in several counties of the western North Carolina mountains. The wildflowers up there are just spectacular this summer -- especially the orange Turk's-cap Llies. My favorite haunts along the Parkway are the wet drip faces of the road-cut cliffs. Many beautiful and unusual wildflower species prefer these constantly damp/wet places. For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Two days in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway in several counties of the western North Carolina mountains. The wildflowers up there are just spectacular this summer -- especially the orange Turk's-cap Llies. My favorite haunts along the Parkway are the wet drip faces of the road-cut cliffs. Many beautiful and unusual wildflower species prefer these constantly damp/wet places. For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Two days in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway in several counties of the western North Carolina mountains. The wildflowers up there are just spectacular this summer -- especially the orange Turk's-cap Llies. My favorite haunts along the Parkway are the wet drip faces of the road-cut cliffs. Many beautiful and unusual wildflower species prefer these constantly damp/wet places. For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Two days in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway in several counties of the western North Carolina mountains. The wildflowers up there are just spectacular this summer -- especially the orange Turk's-cap Llies. My favorite haunts along the Parkway are the wet drip faces of the road-cut cliffs. Many beautiful and unusual wildflower species prefer these constantly damp/wet places. For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Two days in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway in several counties of the western North Carolina mountains. The wildflowers up there are just spectacular this summer -- especially the orange Turk's-cap Llies. My favorite haunts along the Parkway are the wet drip faces of the road-cut cliffs. Many beautiful and unusual wildflower species prefer these constantly damp/wet places. For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Two days in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway in several counties of the western North Carolina mountains. The wildflowers up there are just spectacular this summer -- especially the orange Turk's-cap Llies. My favorite haunts along the Parkway are the wet drip faces of the road-cut cliffs. Many beautiful and unusual wildflower species prefer these constantly damp/wet places. For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Two days in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway in several counties of the western North Carolina mountains. The wildflowers up there are just spectacular this summer -- especially the orange Turk's-cap Llies. My favorite haunts along the Parkway are the wet drip faces of the road-cut cliffs. Many beautiful and unusual wildflower species prefer these constantly damp/wet places. For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Two days in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway in several counties of the western North Carolina mountains. The wildflowers up there are just spectacular this summer -- especially the orange Turk's-cap Llies. My favorite haunts along the Parkway are the wet drip faces of the road-cut cliffs. Many beautiful and unusual wildflower species prefer these constantly damp/wet places. For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Two days in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway in several counties of the western North Carolina mountains. The wildflowers up there are just spectacular this summer -- especially the orange Turk's-cap Llies. My favorite haunts along the Parkway are the wet drip faces of the road-cut cliffs. Many beautiful and unusual wildflower species prefer these constantly damp/wet places. For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Two days in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway in several counties of the western North Carolina mountains. The wildflowers up there are just spectacular this summer -- especially the orange Turk's-cap Llies. My favorite haunts along the Parkway are the wet drip faces of the road-cut cliffs. Many beautiful and unusual wildflower species prefer these constantly damp/wet places. For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Two days in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway in several counties of the western North Carolina mountains. The wildflowers up there are just spectacular this summer -- especially the orange Turk's-cap Llies. My favorite haunts along the Parkway are the wet drip faces of the road-cut cliffs. Many beautiful and unusual wildflower species prefer these constantly damp/wet places. For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Two days in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway in several counties of the western North Carolina mountains. The wildflowers up there are just spectacular this summer -- especially the orange Turk's-cap Llies. My favorite haunts along the Parkway are the wet drip faces of the road-cut cliffs. Many beautiful and unusual wildflower species prefer these constantly damp/wet places. For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Two days in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway in several counties of the western North Carolina mountains. The wildflowers up there are just spectacular this summer -- especially the orange Turk's-cap Llies. My favorite haunts along the Parkway are the wet drip faces of the road-cut cliffs. Many beautiful and unusual wildflower species prefer these constantly damp/wet places. For the complete trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .