A small group from nature coast, lead by Paul Francios went down to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary near Naples on Saturday July 7th, to see the elusive ghost orchid in full bloom.  With the aid of a telescopic lens we were able to get a close up and personal view of its spectacular bloom.  Other sightings were the pond apple, Annona glabra, which was in fruit, also the strangler fig, ficus auria and the many tillandsia species high up in the trees.  On our way back to the main building we saw a few deer coming out to graze.

During our trip to corkscrew we were threatened with a lightning storm which luckily waited until after we were back on the road unlike our last visit when we all got soaked to the bone, and had to dodge lightning bolts all the way back to the car!!!!!

Go to FOTO STOP for pics of Corkscrew

A big thanks to Paul for organizing this trip