Photographed while trekking through the Fakahatchee Strand State Park.
April 1, 2010 - Present
Date(s): April 8, 2011. Album by Jared Horenstein / Royal Python Reptiles. Photos by Jared Horenstein / Royal Python Reptiles. 1 - 104 of 104 Total. 475 Visits.
This is the first & only recorded sighting of this orchid in Fakahatchee Strand. 2010
3 Eulophia graminea
4 Eulophia graminea
5 Eulophia graminea
6 Eulophia graminea
7 Eulophia graminea
8 Eulophia graminea
9 Bletia purpurea & Bletia purpurea forma alba
"Pine Pink & Albino Pine Pink Orchids"
10 Bletia purpurea
"Pine Pink"
11 Bletia purpurea
"Pine Pink forma alba"
12 Blethia purpurea
"Pine Pink forma alba"
13 Into The Swamp.......................
14 Campylocentrum pachyrrhizum
"Bent Ribbon Orchid"
This juvinile plant still has its "baby leaf". This will typically fall off after the first year of growth and then it will grow into an adult leafless orchid.
This is the largest example of the American alligator I have ever seen. This particular animals head was approximately 3 1/2 feet long and I would estimate it's total length to be over 15'. I have extensive hands on experience with the American alligator and this was a gigantic creature........living in the swamp.
71 Alligator mississippiensis
"American alligator"
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74 Alligator mississippiensis
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80 Epidendrum rigidum
81 Breakfast in the Fakahatchee........
82 Puma concolor
"Florida Panther"
The most incredible sight of the Fakahatchee Strand. Truly a once in a lifetime sighting and experience. I was lucky enough to capture this moment at about 8:30 am..........being the first person on Janes Scenic drive also helped as the wildlife was just starting to "wake up"
83 Buteo lineatus
"Red Shouldered Hawk"
84 Buteo lineatus
"Red Shouldered Hawk"
85 Buteo lineatus
"Red Shouldered Hawk"
86 Buteo lineatus
"Red Shouldered Hawk"
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88 Buteo lineatus
"Red Shouldered Hawk"
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92 Looking for my next subject
93 Enjoying a refreshing break
94 Dark-thirty in the swamp.....
Reserved for that special time when it is neither day nor night and when shapes and shadows play tricks on the mind. The half hour just before nightfall.........the dark-thirty.
95 Ionopsis utricularioides
" The Delicate Violet Ionopsis "
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98 Juvenile North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) playing in the mud...
99 Epidendrum strobiliferum
" Cone Bearing Orchid ", " Pine Cone Orchid ", " Big Cypress Star Orchid "
100 Epidendrum strobiliferum
" Cone Bearing Orchid ", " Pine Cone Orchid ", " Big Cypress Star Orchid "
