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June 2, 2021:

TNC and volunteers conducted a biennial count of the Green Pitcher Plants and flowers at RBWM.
Since we stayed busy and completed the count in record time, I didn't take many photographs.


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Mal gives us our marching orders


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Counting Pitcher Plants


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Post-count lunch



June 10, 2021:

I returned a week later with Rod W. to look for Ragged Fringed Orchids.


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Ragged Fringed Orchid   (Platanthera lacera)


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Ragged Fringed Orchid
We found nine plants in flower...



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Flower detail


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Ragged Fringed Orchid


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Lance-leaved Loosestrife   (Lysimachia lanceolata)


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Virginia Mountain Mint   (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
These plants were just starting to bloom...



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Helmut Skullcap   (Scutellaria integrifolia)



September 25, 2021:

Returning from a botanical site in TN, we stopped by to see if Pink Coreopsis were
still blooming.   They were well past peak, but there were a few blooms still present.
We also saw a colony of Ladies' Tresses orchids that had a lot of variation.


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Rose Coreopsis, aka Pink Tickseed   (Coreopsis rosea)


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Rose Coreopsis


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Rose Coreopsis


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Ten-angled Pipewort, aka Hatpins   (Eriocaulon decangulare)


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Drumhead, aka Cross-Leaf Milkwort (Polygala cruciata)


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Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid   (Spiranthes cernua)


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I've included several examples to show the variety we saw in these plants.


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Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid


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Flower detail


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Me, photographing one of the previous Spiranthes
Photo by Edward Ley



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Purple Gerardia   (Agalinis purpurea)



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