by Rich Leighton | Jul 27, 2009 | Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Orchids, Photography, Wildflowers
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...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 14, 2009 | Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Orchids, Travel
This next post will continue from the last blog and show some of my photos and thoughts as I traveled from the Everglades to Sanibel, then turned north, heading up the west coast. Dawn the next morning brought one of the most beautiful sunrises of my life. My wife,...
by Rich Leighton | Dec 16, 2008 | Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Orchids
After a considerable delay, and admitting that I may not find the Downey Rattlesnake Orchid (Goodyera pubescens) this year, I will continue with this second part of my North Florida native orchid-hunting blog without having photos of it to finish it off. It is...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 26, 2008 | Florida Nature Photography, Nature Photography, Orchids, Photography, Travel
When the days get shorter and colder in Florida and winter is approaching … to be in Florida means many things to most people – warm weather, no shoveling snow, Christmas at the beach, etc. All focus is on South Florida and that is where all the snowbirds go...
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