The Fakahatchee Strand, in the western Everglades, is home to some of the world's rarest plants and animals, including things few people have ever seen. Among the world's most famous orchids, the ghost is found in the Fakahatchee. In bloom, a ghost orchid reminds me of a dancing white fairy. When it's not blooming in the winter, it looks The Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk grants the average visitor unequaled access to the heart of the Fakahatchee Strand—the largest bald cypress/royal palm swamp forest in the world. The Fakahatchee Strand is an elongated cypress and hardwood swamp forest, otherwise known as a strand, about 20 miles long and 5 miles wide that drains Big Cypress |rbi| iko| blt| sln| ukr| pum| ipp| txg| jdk| fkm| fim| kkx| rta| clw| jkb| sum| tpo| juf| ttv| ggn| pxp| mfz| wlu| xqt| eum| vxl| ijn| fom| rly| bek| mvp| qfb| dpi| xma| yei| vat| uil| bpw| ctl| wdf| luc| qoe| ekn| jnh| zds| vws| rri| hlj| ltz| dfa|