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--Apple-Mail-41716537-2D68-4232-97F0-A0B67F4F56F7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Ken and All I was finally getting around to reading this post from Thurs on NatureNS and= flipping through a field guide to see what some of the flowers mentioned lo= oked like. I did not find Round-leaf Rein Orchid (Platanthera obtusata) but came across= lots of Rein Orchids (P. spp and some Piperia). Do you have any idea why they are called "Rein" orchids? Nancy Sent from my iPhone On 2013-07-11, at 11:30 PM, Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> wrote: > =20 > Ken McKenna > Box 218 Stellarton NS > B0K 1S0 > 902 752-7644 > Hi all > Yesterday, July 10, Adele Johnson, John Crabtree and I made a little trip t= o Port Bickerton (Guys) with a goal of finding the Round-leaf Rein Orchid (P= latanthera obtusata) that last year in this forum, Rick Ballard had mentione= d was in bloom just off the trails near the lighthouse. Thanks for the direc= tions Rick. > =20 > On the road to the light there were a series of shallow brackish pools/pon= ds. We were puzzled by a plant growing in the pond with submerged and expose= d parts. None of us had knowingly encountered this plant before and we took s= ome photos plus a specimen. It was quite common and vaguely resembled horset= ails, but likely a flowering plant. Wild Radish and Cow Parsnip were other p= lants noted. I was happy to see my first Northern Blue butterflies of the y= ear along the boggy areas along the road in. [back home we were able to ID t= he pond plant as Mare's Tail ( Hippuris vulgaris) and it was confirmed by Ni= ck Hill. > =20 > With Rick's directions, we were able to see 50+ RL Rein Orchids in the wo= oded area ( mostly conifer) along the start of trail H just up from the litt= le toll booth staffed by a young gal who had no clue what an orchid was. Woo= d Sorrel and mats of Twin Flowers were in nice bloom. We continued along t= he trail and ran out of the Rein orchid as the woods approached the bog; how= ever in the bog were lots of Calopogon orchid in fine bloom. There were quit= e a number of Bakeapple plants in the bog with not as much fruit as one woul= d expect ( fruit not ripe). Surprisingly there was still some Labrador Tea i= n bloom. Foxberry was still in bloom and we saw some crowberries. Northern B= lues were abundant in the bog. Rick had mentioned the presence of Leather-l= eaf Grape-fern back of the beach dunes, but my companions were distracted by= dozens of plants along the shore just beginning to bloom and one they had n= ot seen before. No obvious matches could be found in the Newcombs in my pack= so we took lots of photos. I had seen this plant before at Sober I. but had= never been able to ID it. On the way to the lighthouse from the beach we ca= me upon a rather nice large patch of One-flowered Pyrola. [back in the vehic= le Adele found a photo of our mystery plant in the Primrose- Zinck book- Sen= ecio Pseudo-Arnica- Sea Beach Groundsel or Beach-Senecio > =20 > =20 > Birds present along the trail included a couple singing Blackpoll Warblers= , Lincoln's Sparrow,and Nelson's Sparrow as well as Boreal Chickadee. There w= ere 40 DC Cormorants, 18 C. Eider and a handful of Northern Gannets passing b= y. Breeding Willets and Spotted Sandpipers were present and scolding visitor= s in the parking lot. I remember Yellow-bellied Flycatchers here other years= , but I did not detect any today. > =20 > Butterflies were few only the Northern Blue ( lots in the bog off trail H)= , Northern Crescent, Arctic Skipper and Cabbage White-the latter escaped be= fore I got my photo. > =20 > We had a quick look at Fisherman's Harbour and noted lack of terns here wh= ere I think they have bred in the past. Also lacking were the Northern Blues= that were only a few km away at Bickerton. I was able to photo a single Lon= g-dash Skipper. > =20 > Further down the road we stopped at the big bog between the Country Harbou= r ferry and Fisherman's Harbour. The bog again was lush with Calopogon- some= were quite pale and approaching white. A single Arethusa was noted in bloom= . > =20 > We headed back to Pictou Co. stopping in St. Pauls where I showed my botan= y companions some Canada Lily just coming into bloom. Feverwort plants were n= oted in fruit and Enchanter's Nightshade was abundant and in bloom. I manage= d a shot of a Least Skipper here, my first of the year I think. > =20 > In Stellarton we looked at a patch of Common Milkweed just starting to blo= om-no evidence of Monarch presence yet. --Apple-Mail-41716537-2D68-4232-97F0-A0B67F4F56F7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equ= iv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><div><span style=3D= "-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-compositio= n-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color= : rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Hi Ken and All</span><br style=3D"-webkit-= tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-co= lor: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77= , 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style=3D"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26= , 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.2= 30469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "></s= pan><br style=3D"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -w= ebkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composi= tion-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style=3D"-webkit-tap= -highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color= : rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 1= 28, 180, 0.230469); ">I was finally getting around to reading this post from= Thurs on NatureNS and flipping through a field guide to see what some of th= e flowers mentioned looked like.</span><br style=3D"-webkit-tap-highlight-co= lor: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 1= 92, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.23= 0469); "><span style=3D"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.2968= 75); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-= composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "></span><br style=3D= "-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-compositio= n-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color= : rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style=3D"-webkit-tap-highlight-