2007-05-28 Day trip to the Francis Marion National Forest Photo Gallery by Jim Fowler at pbase.com

2007-05-28 Day trip to the Francis Marion National Forest

2007-05-29 Day trip to the Francis Marion National Forest for late spring orchids and whatever else I could find. The area is bone dry, and I believe that it affected the intensity of the orchid bloom this year. However, I did manage to find almost everything I expected to see, and them some... I found a huge population of Sarracenia flava varieties just over the rise from an area I regularly visit - saw it for the first time and was awestruck. Can't wait to see it in bloom next year.

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Calopogon tuberosus	Calopogon tuberosus	Calopogon tuberosus	Calopogon tuberosus	Calopogon tuberosus
Calopogon tuberosus - many blooming on a single stem	Calopogon tuberosus group	Cleistes divaricata	Cleistes divaricata	Cleistes divaricata - this is what I saw from the highway at 55 mph before I slammed on the brakes!!
Asclepias lanceolata	Asclepias lanceolata	Asclepias rubra	Asclepias tuberosa	Coreopsis leavenworthii - Florida's state wildflower
Carduus spinosissimus - they were everywhere in profusion	Erythrina herbacea - I've see this in Florida, but never in South Carolina	Scutellaria integrifolia - in large groups in the savannah and along the road	Iris tridentata - inhabits the same wet areas as Sarracenia flava	Sarracenia flava and Iris tridentata in a cypress-filled Carolina bay
Sarracenia flava (mixed varieties) - large group	Sarracenia flava - huge group	Sarracenia flava - does anything else really have to be said here?

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