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One Happy Epiphyte

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Tillandsia ionantha

Snake Plant Blooms

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Sansevieria trifasciata

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Sansevieria trifasciata

Hand Carved Door to the Tropics

Aquatic Social Distancing

Matanzas Inlet Gets Rinsed

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Vernal Purple Invader

Wisteria 2 (1)

Wisteria sinensis

Wisteria 1 (1)

Wisteria sinensis

Neon Sea Grape Venation

Coccoloba uvifera

For a sea grape jelly recipe and more, click here.

Snake Plants Occupy Coquina Beach

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Sansevieria trifasciata

Reclamation

Taraxacum officinale

Kalanchoe daigremontiana

Portulaca oleracea

Succulents and dandelions reclaim sandy soil from a tired, cracking tennis court. In the words of author Richard Powers, “There’s always as much belowground as above.”

Flamboyant Tree

Delonix regia

Antigua locals call this tree “chuk chuk” due to the sound the seed pod makes when used as a rhythmic musical instrument.

Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Click here for buttonbush photos taken over 1,700 miles away from the one featured above.

West Indian Fuzzy Chiton

Acanthopleura granulata

The West Indian fuzzy chiton attaches itself to limestone cliffs throughout the Caribbean while munching on algae.

Limestone Cliff in Dickenson Bay

Pink Invader

Albizia julibrissin

Revisiting the House Without Us

Six years after visiting North Carolina’s Outer Banks for the first time, I returned this summer. Kudzu continues to slowly swallow this house on Highway 64 in Jamesville. View photos from that initial road trip here.

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A Pineapple Grows in D.C.

Ananas comosus (pineapple)

One Groovy Orchid

Paphiopedilum lowii

Hanging Out Above Tallulah Gorge

On days devoted to whitewater boating, 500-700 cubic feet of water flows through the Tallulah Gorge every second. A cool mist rises to meet hikers from around the world swaying in awe 80 feet above on a suspension bridge.

The eastern tiger swallowtail clings to a red maple limb.

Evening Primrose, Oenothera macrocarpa

American Trout Lily, Erythronium americanum

Hikers flock to Raven Cliff Falls Trail for the rush of falling water, but a trip in early April offers subtler beauty along the way.

Since ninety-nine percent of trout lily plants are non-flowering, the illusive perennials pictured above are one-percenters thriving in the mountains of White County.