Tsunami: an arrival or occurrence of something in overwhelming quantities or amounts. This second wave of Triphora trianthophoros or Three-birds orchids could be considered a tsunami of orchids. It is said that the second wave of a tsunami is the largest, and that is the case for what I saw today. Let’s start at the
This will be a short trip report. This morning, Walter Ezell and I left the house shortly before 7:00 am on a 3-hour trip to Stone Mountain State Park in Alleghany County, North Carolina. Stone Mountain is a dome of exposed granite of Devonian age, which has intruded into the gneiss of the Precambrian Alligator
After watching the weather map for my favorite Triphora trianthophoros or Three-birds orchid location in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina, I saw the signs that this day should be a bloom day — the first wave of blooms for this season. The first wave is never the largest in terms of number
The Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina is such a magical place for wildflowers that I just cannot hold myself back from visiting more than once during mid-Summer. The region experienced an awful lot of rain during the Winter and Spring, but late June and so far in July, it has been very dry.
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