tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022216829037318291.post8644313822061472490..comments2024-02-17T05:19:25.175-05:00Comments on The Buckeye Botanist: The Hunt for the Small Whorled Pogonia: one of North America's Rarest
OrchidsAndrew Lane Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01555125434346996812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022216829037318291.post-72731064414602467422014-05-25T21:45:36.885-04:002014-05-25T21:45:36.885-04:00Many years ago an elderly friend who was a native ...Many years ago an elderly friend who was a native orchid aficionado took me to two populations of small whorled pogonia so I could photograph the flowers. They grew in an oak forest that looked similar to thousands of other acres that don't host the plant. He wouldn't share the locations for fear that museum collectors would take the plants as we had seen happen with another rare orchid. He's long gone now and, unfortunately, I couldn't relocate the plants.Woody Meristemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17042498252608254901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022216829037318291.post-10144129199436387282014-05-21T07:45:45.140-04:002014-05-21T07:45:45.140-04:00Excellent recounting of a wonderful time in the no...Excellent recounting of a wonderful time in the north Georgia mountains. Your prose took me back to the site and held me there, getting all excited again. You did not leave out a single moment of that wonderful trip. I'm so looking forward to your recounting of the rest of the trip. -- Jim FowlerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com