Feeding on a pollinium (3rd picture) of P. dilatata var. dilatata as pointed out by
@arethusa in a previous observation
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/123423357 (3rd picture)
Anacamptis x Dactylorhiza??? A hybrid for sure. Very strange. Leaves wirh dots.
Addendum: Dactylorhiza fuchsii mutant
Grid squares 5x5mm. Labium ~3mm long. Leaf width ~31mm. Raceme ~21mm in width.
Nacogdoches Co. TX. location withheld.
Observed being pollinated by this moth (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117757498).
Cool achlrophyllous mycoheterotroph coming up on the main road near the turn off to the Los Arroyos guard shack (these bases occurred every 15-20 km or so). In fruit, no flower. No doubt a healthy mycorrhizal community in this pine duff/soil
Odd coloration of Autumn Coralroot. Pic was sent to many orchid specialists and none had ever seen one like it.
As per communication with Dr. Jaap Vermuelen in 2005, this was an undescribed species at the time, however I am not certain if it has since been described.
Longwood Gardens, naturalized in a woodland.
Fruit photos taken in September 2019. The infructescences were so heavy they fell over.
SEM seed images were obtained with the assistance of Kyle Nowlin at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Greensboro, NC, USA.
Light microscope seed photos were obtained in February 2020, with the assistance of Mark Garland, USDA NRCS. Scale bar = 1 mm.
Exact date uncertain, but either late December 1986 or early January 1987.
Found with Matt Young.
First image shows hybrid on the right, S. ochroleuca on the left. Found in dry, sandy meadow adjacent to low wet pockets. Spiranthes cernua and S. arcisepala found within 100 ft. of these plants.
Remaining images are dissection of flower showing faint yellow under the lip, low attachment of lateral sepals, elongate claw and long callosities, and rounded glands.
Seeds checked on Oct. 10 and are a mix of polyembryonic and monoembryonic.
This is the entity currently known as Spiranthes aff. novae-zelandiae ("Motutangi"), which is in the process of being formally described. 30 flowering plants were observed, including 10 that were visible standing in one location.
Large mats of Droseras in a seepage area in 5-10 cm deep sand overlying rock sheets. Population of hundreds of plants and 3 times as many as seen in 2011 than in 2012 (see 2012 previous post http://www.ispot.org.za/node/214440 ) which was a drier year locally.
A group of Calypso bulbosa nothovar. kostiukiae (C. bulbosa var. occidentalis x C. bulbosa var. americana) showing characteristic spots and yellow beard.
Undisturbed miombo woodland on sandy loam soil of Moffat Farm.
These were one of our favorite birds observed on the trip. One morning we decided to go on a guided birding tour at the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest in eastern Kenya. This is one of the species that we were lucky enough to see. When we arrived at the location our guide asked to wait by the vehicle while he checked to see if there was any roosting in the bushes. We waited about fifteen minutes until he returned. He told us it was our lucky day because he had located two pairs. So he then led us in to see them. These cute little owls were perched in a clump of branches about a metre or so off the ground. To see them we had to crouch down and look awkwardly up. To this day my mom thinks that the guide actually placed these little owls there for us to see. Either that or they are puppets. They are quite small owls and are about the size of an American Robin.