In looking at some of my archived images from previous years, it dawned on me that Spigelia marilandica or Indian Pink should be blooming in the upstate of South Carolina. This is a sure favorite of mine with its lipstick-red corolla tube and its yellow-green star-like petals. The two locations I know for this species
I just returned from my second visit within three days to South Carolina’s premier location for the federally endangered Isotria medeoloides or Small Whorled Pogonia orchid. The site is a gently sloping meadow within a secluded ravine in Oconee County, South Carolina. My companion on this trip was a young naturalist/photographer from Ohio, Alex Patton.
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