Snowy Orchid (Gymnadeniopsis nivea)
I hit the jackpot in the bog where I photographed this beautiful snowy orchid.... there were upwards of 3000 or more in bloom within an area the size of a football field! A week later I only found three of them that still had flowers. Timing is everything!
- Copyright
- ©2008
- Image Size
- 2000x3008 / 1.7MB
- Keywords
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America, Apalachicola National Forest, beautiful, beauty, bog-buttons, botany, conservation, ecosystem, endangered, Florida, flower, Gymnadeniopsis, Gymnadeniopsis nivea, habitat, Liberty County, native, natural, nature, orchid, Orchidaceae, Orchideae, plant, Platanthera nivea, rare, snowy, Snowy Orchid, swamp, terrestrial, threatened, uncultivated, United States, USA, wild
- Contained in galleries
- Orchideae, Orchideae
