Late July at Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve

Geraldine’s cabin, steady through the seasons.

Hibiscus aceuleatus, pineland hibiscus

Marshallia graminifolia, Grass-leaved Barbara’s buttons

A few of some of the Platanthera chapmanii, Chapman’s fringed orchids along the boardwalk

Two of the Chapman’s in bloom.

Ascelpias rubra

The boardwalk down near the pond. When it cools off I’d like to sit down here and read or paint at some point.

The beginning of liatris season.

Some scenes from a quick trip to the Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve back in July. It was a quick trip but there was quite a bit blooming as you can see. I wrote a different post over on Substack with about similar things that day, but focused on the two Platanthera orchids we saw that day: The Heat is Thick but Orchids are Blooming.

Note: I think I can schedule two posts a week, so I’m opting for Sunday and Wednesday going forward. I know it gets to be too much nowadays for everyone to read really any more than that so I’ll keep it at that for now.