Things were a tad crazy at the swamp today and it only promises to get crazier as the week progresses. I doubt I will have the opportunity to post anything worth reading, so I will just leave you with this picture. The green plant is an orchid called downy rattlesnake plantain, Goodyera pubescens. The dark green leaves, veined with white, are beautiful year round. In late summer the plant will send out a hairy stalk and produce small white flowers.
The 'rattlesnake' part of the name could refer to the pattern the veins make on the leaves. The 'plantain' part is a reference to the way the leaves grow in a basal rosette.
5 comments:
"Why so crazy? Are the critters all re-emerging at once?
I've only ever seen that orchid once - nice to be reminded.
cathy,
If only it were the critters :) Nope, it's a crazy week in the swamp partly because we had our final on our new construction and now it's time to move in. Plus, a new hire started Monday, the canal between our parking lot and our new building re-opened to boat traffic after being closed for several months so now we have to open and close the bridge constantly, phones, computers and radios have to be installed and checked, the installation of our exhibits begins, and I have a natural resource symposium to attend on Friday in a park that is four hours away. There are a few other things going on as well, but I won't go into those. It's all good, but I'll be glad when it's all done ;)
i want your vocabulary
SQ,
Anything for you, you know that! Take the vocabulary...
Hope you're surviving all the transitions AND I hope you've got more Spring than we have in Ohio.
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