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Ionopsis utricularioides | Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

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I’m digging through the last of the Florida photos from March and have several orchids I want to share with you, this species being one of them. This is a tiny, epipyhytic orchid with small purple flowers resembling the purple utricularia, a species of carnivorous plant that lives in the water, hence the species part of its name. There’s some other interesting information about this orchid in the Dade chapter of the Florida Native Plane Society’s newsletter here if you scroll down about 3/4 of the way.

It’s a sweet little orchid that is easily passed by if you aren’t looking for it.

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