Friday, August 11, 2023

Crippled Cranefly


Does this little darling look like a fly?  
It's named Crippled Cranefly orchid supposedly because it looks like...you guessed it, a crippled cranefly.  This tiny orchid is a native in North Carolina.  It loves the forest leaf litter and only has leaves in the winter when the trees let light into the forest floor.




 

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