Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
You easily might overlook toothpetal false reinorchid (Habenaria floribunda) when it is not in flower. This terrestrial orchid flowers in the winter and early spring, and it is currently flowering at the South Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (shown below) ...…
Florida butterfly orchid (Encyclia tampensis) is the most common orchid in Florida. It was first described by John Torrey in 1847 but likely was first collected earlier. Look carefully to see this orchid at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA).…
This Florida butterfly orchid (Encyclia tampensis) was flowering and forming seed pods in the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory parking lot. We tend to look for Nature in parks and conservation areas and not where we park. Marylou Rethman (Class of…
Florida butterfly orchids (Encyclia tampensis) are easy to overlook. They are not the large gaudy orchids of prom corsages of bygone days. We saw lots of Florida butterfly orchids at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area when we visited on…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 