Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Common plant names are, well, common and sometimes even crazy. They are not standardized. Anyone can "assign" a common name, and often the same common name is used for different plants, especially in different regions. Somehow, Florida butterfly orchid or…
Orchid island is the given name of the barrier island in Indian River County, and, if you closely examine the road signs that herald its name, you will see a depiction of butterfly orchid (Encyclia tampensis). The picture above was…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 