Leighton Photography & Imaging

Archive for July, 2009

The Search for the Cranefly Orchid

Posted by Rich Leighton on July - 27 - 2009

My search for Tipularia discolor – the cranefly orchid – began last fall in North Florida along the Apalachicola River, and has proven to be (at least for me) one of the most difficult and frustrating of Florida’s wild and native orchids for me to find. It goes through unusual changes throughout the year, and  [ Read More ]

  • RSS
  • Google+
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Vimeo
  • Linkedin

Search Site

Popular Posts

American Caesar’s Mushroom

Sometimes I find a beautiful specimen in nature that I ...

A Phantom Familiarity...

Today I visited a new place as I continue exploring ...

How to Choose...

Congratulations on your engagement! You probably haven’t arrived at this ...

A Quick Note...

Whew! We are finally back into the groove! After a ...

A Florida Oddity……

This is more of a quick note with a bizarre ...

Rattlesnake Mountain –...

Spring has arrived in Washington, and not a minute is ...

Into the Blue

As a native Floridian, some of the most mysterious and ...

Tricolored Heron in...

Last month I was in the Big Cypress National Preserve ...