Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Orchid. Platanthera. Pollinator of White Fringed Orchids Sensor. We know that the flowers are getting pollinated because we've gotten viable seed in previous years. We don't actually know what pollinates them. There is concern about pollinators.
We have this camera. If you stand over here, and smile, every 15 seconds your photo will show up behind the orchid. While we're talking, it's taking pictures. We are partners with the Florida Park Service so Raya Pruner brought those tools. She has the position that I vacated when I retired, as lead biologist for the district office.
Before we started working on this site, we found a single orchid plant in bloom. That's the reason that we recognized … Someone asks, "What's the official name, tell me." The common name is white-fringed orchid. And the Latin name is platanthera blephariglottis. What we don't have yet are the seed capsules. They open to really fine sandy kind of seeds that just scatter. The Atlanta Botanical Garden grew seedlings that we planted this past April they're blooming in not even a year, a growing season.
Orchid. Platanthera. Pollinator of White Fringed Orchids Sensor. We know that the flowers are getting pollinated because we've gotten viable seed in previous years. We don't actually know what pollinates them. There is concern about pollinators.
We have this camera. If you stand over here, and smile, every 15 seconds your photo will show up behind the orchid. While we're talking, it's taking pictures. We are partners with the Florida Park Service so Raya Pruner brought those tools. She has the position that I vacated when I retired, as lead biologist for the district office.
Before we started working on this site, we found a single orchid plant in bloom. That's the reason that we recognized … Someone asks, "What's the official name, tell me." The common name is white-fringed orchid. And the Latin name is platanthera blephariglottis. What we don't have yet are the seed capsules. They open to really fine sandy kind of seeds that just scatter. The Atlanta Botanical Garden grew seedlings that we planted this past April they're blooming in not even a year, a growing season.
