Besides wild orchids, wild lilies are a favorite of mine when tromping across the country in extremely rural to even semi-urban places. Recently I was in the Olympic National Forest near the shore of...
Category: Wildflowers
Cardinal Flower
Today’s post is about one of my favorite wildflowers found in the swampy hardwood forests along the Gulf Coast – the cardinal flower. I was hiking through an area near Bristol, Florida called the...
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja linariifolia)
As is often the case in wildflowers, telling one species from another can be exceedingly difficult. Especially when there are naturally occurring hybrids, same species with wildly variable physical attributes and just geographically separated...
American Strawberry Bush
The American strawberry bush – also known by many other names such as the “hearts-a-bustin“ and “hearts-bustin‘-with-love”, is a native member of the bittersweet family is one of those oddly beautiful plants you find...
Death Camas – America’s Most Poisonous Native Lily
Quick post for today. As I was going through our lily gallery images while getting things ready for our new upcoming North American Nature Photography website relaunch, I found four images of the really...
Native Orchids of the Rocky Mountains – Western Rattlesnake Plantain
Last month I was in Alberta and Montana unsuccessfully trying to get grizzly bears on camera, but I did bring home some beautiful botanical images. Here are the first of them! ~ click on...
Hooded Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia minor) – Wetland Native Carnivorous Plant
Sometimes while searching among the most remote wild places across North America hunting down rare native orchids and other flora and fauna, I often find patches of amazing animal-eating carnivorous plants! This is exactly how I stumbled into these hooded...
White Fringed Orchid (Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua)
Quick post today to share with you one of my favorite terrestrial orchids of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts – the white fringed orchid! Often difficult to photograph in Florida’s bright summer sunlight, heavy...
Western Fairy-Slipper Orchid
Last week was my first official orchid-hunting expedition of the year, and I followed the suggestion of a fellow orchid-hunter to check out a new area (for me) – Fidalgo Island near Anacortes, Washington....
Chocolate Lily!
One of my very favorite groups of wildflowers to find in the wild belong to the lily family: Liliaceae. These include tiger lillies, camas, trilliums, and mariposas. A few days ago while hunting wild orchids...
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