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Environment

Wildflowers in the Everglades

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December 22, 2012 07:43 PM

Photo by Roger L. Hammer

Night-Scented Orchid

Epidendrum nocturnum

Photo by Roger L. Hammer

Stiff-Flowered Star Orchid

Epidendrum rigidum

Photo by Roger L. Hammer

Florida Addersmouth Orchid

Malaxis spicata

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Photo by Roger L. Hammer

Clamshell Orchid

Prosthechea cochleata

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Pineland Purple

Carphephorus odoratissimus var. subtropicanus

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Snow Squarestem

Melanthera

nivea

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Elegant Waterlily

Nymphaea elegans

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Wild Pennyroyal

Piloblephis rigida

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Man-in-the-ground

Ipomoea microdactyla

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Pineland Daisy

Chaptalia dentata

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