Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Late spring and early summer is when the butterfly orchids (Encyclia tampensis) bloom. Susan Warmer (Class of 2006) sent this beautiful photograph of a butterfly orchid in her yard. Their coloration is quite variable: The petals and sepals are greenish…
Captain Forster Preserve was the site of the first field trip for the 2015 Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory - Pelican Island Audubon Society class. The magnificent live oaks (Quercus virginiana) were flowering and were replacing their old leaves with brand…
Though I am not fond of the furrows on my forehead, I love the furrows on the bark of mature live oaks (Quercus virginiana). Epiphytes -- plants that live non-parasitically on oner plants and things -- do not usually grow…
