I became consumed by the desire to see an orchid I have not seen on Nantucket. David Policansky posted a picture of a White-fringed orchid, Platanthera blephariglottis, on Facebook. It was in a "special, secret" place that you can only get to by walking over glass and through poison ivy. I'm in!
I wheedled Kelly Omand, botanist of the Nantucket Conservation Foundation, to take me there. I cannot reveal the spot, but it did involve deer paths, poison ivy and broken glass.
What a triumph! The thrill of the new! I love it.
I walked into the Sconset Post Office afterward and saw Susan Lacouture Bacle. I showed here the picture, all proud and puffed up. "Oh," she said, "I used to see them at the XXX YYY."
I am still loving it!
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| Bog club moss, lycopodiella, with drum head milkwort |
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