On that day, we hiked through 5 sloughs and found over 15 new orchids. It's was a nice summer day in South Florida, so you know it was warm, but, being waist deep in the water helped me stay cool.

Dendrophylax lindenii, the ghost orchid is a perennial epiphyte from the orchid family. It is native to Florida, Cuba and the Bahamas. On this occasion my friend Ata and I hiked deep into the swamp to