Ghost orchids are found in Florida and Cuba, and there are only about 2,000 ghost orchids in the state. To learn more, you can read on here: on.natgeo.com/2LBgn6C
You can find out about what plants or animals in your area need help and you can raise some yourself, I raise caterpillars and grow wildflowers to release into the wild, it might not be exciting enough to make a documentary about but I love caterpillars.
That guy saying "I've got bud envy", I totally roared. As a natural "green thumb", I related. Orchids are my absolute favourite. They are fickle, and just luscious. I am in envy of your experience. You get to take that with you to Heaven. How precious is that! How compelling to refuse our plastic living and resolve to solve a natural balance in this eco-system. To live breathlessly in awe so maybe more of us can share these awe inspiring natural wonders. It is something we all should afford. God be with us.
I live near Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park, and i have never seen any Ghost Orchids. They are such beautiful and unique orchids, and there shape is just astounding! The whole Everglades system is beautiful and I’m so grateful to live near and essentially in it!
I'm glad we have Marjory Stoneman Douglas to thank for the Everglades; along with other conservationists who fought to protect this beautiful ecosystem!
This film is stunningly beautiful. Congrats to everyone involved in the production. You have opened up a special world and shown it to many of us that would never otherwise experience it. Thank you very much.
I am obsessed with orchids because they are simply beautiful in their own way. I loved learning from this with people who love their job and are just as obsessed with orchids as much as i am
Nat Geo cover the plant that is so endangered in my city because it grows no where else on this earth natively as of yet. Titus Balm or Dicerandra Thinicola. It is critically endangered and only lives in a small section along the coast. Due to fracturing of its habitat and the anti forest fire policy which is how they spread seed has effected their population. Please Nat Geo!!!!!!
You should write Nat Geo through one of their contact pages, it sounds like a wonderful story. There are several plant species that rely on fire for their germination process in california.
They need to cover the hundreds of thousands of species that are critically endangered in Madagascar in each valley, each mountain, etc. I did the math yesterday and found that something like 276,000 plant species in madagascar have gone extinct. This is because 90 percent of the original forests have been destroyed and many species only existed on one single mountain or one single valley, and madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot- it is probably more species rich per area than the galapagos which everyone knows about, but there are like..no documtaires about this place like there are about the amazon which is probably way less important from a biodiversity and importance standpoint.
Orchids are like human which has many races. each orchid is unique. you cant really find them having totally same but just different color like other typical flowers. even in same genus, different species has different size of flower and leaves, and also color combination. different genus also has different type of leaves, whether has pseudobulb or not, whether growing tree, on earth or rock (same genus always only grows on one of these place kinds, those growing on tree will not grow on ground), and whether has leaf, leaves or leafless. Majority of orchid are growing next to river except those very common orchids can grow drier places. For this ghost orchid, it seems have no leaf, no pseudobulb, and it grows on tree.
The ghost orchids grow so high up on big trees. Living in swamps to photo these moments is really hard. I wonder how people discovered it 150 years ago. It's so amazing.
This was awesome! As a kid and young adult I grew up in the swamps. My grandfather had a camp out in the big cypress. The one thing he was always fascinated with seeing was a Ghost Orchid.. Thank You
myself and a couple buddies hiked the fakahatchee strand several times back in the early seventies. we were fortunate enough to see many ghost orchids growing and blooming back then. they were most common on medium size branches less than 6 feet up extending out over small pools of water.
I LOVE STUFF LIKE THIS!!! I feel privileged to see things I never knew of, and thank people who dedicate themselves to this research! ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!
It's great to see how conservationists for this beautiful plant are still discovering new things that surround it. I've been privileged enough to see Clyde Butcher's photos of this plant and to see more about it is great. Thank you!
You guys deserve a big recognition for this arduous endeavour of limitless hours in dangerously invested swamps of Florida. I could not believe my eyes at the pictures you captured. You proved this theory right - way to go.
Go watch the movie Adaptation. This is where I learned of the flower and it was the reason why I started growing orchids over 15 years ago. That effort has...well I have this species in spike in my basement currently. It is 3.75 inches long. I expect it to bloom in November if it manages to.
The lesser known requirements to be a photographer for National Geographic's: an obsessive mindset, a survivalist body that's unbothered by insect bites or the constant changing weather of months-to-years long encampments and is capable of traversing difficult terrain, an unwavering and often contested -patience of mind...
It's amazing how the ghost orchid is pollinated by more than one species of moth, one of the rarest orchids still finds a way to perpetuate it's kind, simply amazing!
Where do people get money to do this? Research budget? Selling the film to Nat Geo? I would love to do things like this but flying to remote locations with expensive camera gear for weeks on end is insane amount of prep, organization, logistics and above all - money!
I am truly admired their journey and adventure to witness something that the rest of us in this earth never have a chance to see this in real life. Amazing video. I love National Geographic
To wade & submerge into alligator/crocodile-infested water of the mosquito-ladened, snake-inhabiting Everglades wearing only plain-clothes in order to film the pollination of an orchid by a moth IS the true definition of "Obsession". Incredible dedication.
My mom and me had a conversation that changed topics several times and we got to “creole” the language of that area (thats apparently a mix of French Spanish and English) and ghost orchids, but I didn’t know they were endangered
If you go to Corkscrew you can view the Ghost Orchid from the boardwalk when it is in bloom. It is best to take a long zoom lens or camera if you want to take a photo. You can call them and they will tell you if it is in bloom. I have been there many times and have a lot of photos. There are other orchids in the swamp that you can see from the boardwalk.
@@NatGeo You said it!! Them swamps are super sketchy and scary!! All them mosquitos !! Ahhhh!! Talk about true love and passion for a flower and moth. So inspired!! Thanks again
Everything that God created has a purpose. Im not sure why the shock. But its amazing to see what goes with what to do its purpose in life. God makes no mistakes none!
EXCELLENT REPORTAGE & TRAVAIL / le contexte , les lieux , filmer avec la caméra sur pied dans l'eau de la jungle c'est WAOUHHHHHHHHH QUEL PASSION et PATIENCE ??????? MERCI MESSIEURS 👌👍🙏 from FRANCE !
Years ago (25-30) I was growing 4 o’clock’s which the flower opens at night. One evening while looking out the living room window I thought my eyes were deceiving me because I was looking at a humming bird feeding at night! I love nature/animals I needed to go see what exactly I was looking at, I knew it had to be something other than a humming bird. When I slowly went out side it did not fly away. It took a few seconds for my mind to realize it was a moth one I had ever seen before with the longest feeding tubes I had ever seen. I was young and I thought I had to catch it! That was one of the biggest and harmful mistakes I could have done!! The moth was beautiful and the tongue/ tube was huge and all curled up, the moth didn’t even try to fly away it just walked on my hands. He couldn’t fly and I knew I hadn’t broke anything but in reality I had hurt the beautiful moth, it happened when I caught it. I put the moth on the porch floor but he still didn’t fly. Then I looked at my hands they were covered in the moths wing dust. The next morning I checked on the moth hoping it had flown away but it hadn’t, it died during the night. My heart was broken for what I had done to that wonderful creature. That act thought me a lesion I will never forget. This video and seeing that same moth brought back that awful night I killed a Sphinx moth!! 💔
Thank you for sharing your passion 🙏. I’m paraplegic and feel invigorated (and a little jealous) when I see these beautiful videos.. Fantastic results 👍. Absolutely beautiful 😍
I think that Agrius cingulatus can also pollinate the Ghost Orchid. The Morgan Sphinx is found in a part of Africa and was described before it was found in Madagascar.
Как все они восхитительны! ...И на моём окне цветут три прекрасные орхидеи... белоснежная, малиновая и конопатая - белая с малиновыми конопушками и малиновой мордочкой
So freaking cool! I wish I had become a scientist, studying the mysteries of earth. It's such a wonderful place...still so many things that no human has seen before. Truly amazing!
wow🤯 i live right next to this swamp and had no idea about this🤯 but thank u all for doing this bec this is not for everyone i believe people like u r chosen to discover and find new things like this😊
I love how the orchard has two tails that intertwine like a double helix. it's quite beautiful. I so want to go get lost in the everglades. I'd never want to leave.
Ghost orchids are found in Florida and Cuba, and there are only about 2,000 ghost orchids in the state. To learn more, you can read on here: on.natgeo.com/2LBgn6C
We need to plant more! 😭🌷🌹
@Yup TheTakeOva hmm I wish there was a Pokemon like it to raise awareness.
You need to go check out Tim Harrell's youtube channel, he shows them all the time when he is going out to put out his trail camera or retrieve it.
I have a rare orchid. And tons of seed pods I need to find a place that can help them grow
So the Face of the moth is the only part of the month that can pollinate the orchid ?
Iam jealous of people whose greatest passion is their occupation.
reja mourya simha reddy: Let them be jealous of YOU .. find your passion and make it your occupation. 🌹
You can find out about what plants or animals in your area need help and you can raise some yourself, I raise caterpillars and grow wildflowers to release into the wild, it might not be exciting enough to make a documentary about but I love caterpillars.
So many of us are! Lol its not very common to find a person who loves their job. Most of us take a job bcuza the income and hate every day we're there
Me too.
It's a beautiful thing
Absolutely captivating and beautiful, you guys are dedicated. Thank you.
Thanks to the team, for bringing out the beauty of Florida swamps...
Photographers getting photographers to photograph themselves photographing an orchid. 🤣
No entendiste nada
😂😂😂😂
That guy saying "I've got bud envy", I totally roared. As a natural "green thumb", I related. Orchids are my absolute favourite. They are fickle, and just luscious. I am in envy of your experience. You get to take that with you to Heaven. How precious is that! How compelling to refuse our plastic living and resolve to solve a natural balance in this eco-system. To live breathlessly in awe so maybe more of us can share these awe inspiring natural wonders. It is something we all should afford. God be with us.
I live near Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park, and i have never seen any Ghost Orchids. They are such beautiful and unique orchids, and there shape is just astounding! The whole Everglades system is beautiful and I’m so grateful to live near and essentially in it!
they’re only visible through a camera lens
Lol
@@A1-_- lmao, pff.
I'm glad we have Marjory Stoneman Douglas to thank for the Everglades; along with other conservationists who fought to protect this beautiful ecosystem!
This film is stunningly beautiful. Congrats to everyone involved in the production. You have opened up a special world and shown it to many of us that would never otherwise experience it. Thank you very much.
The passion of the people involved and the beauty of the creatures and plants involved brought tears to my eyes
Gorgeous truly
I am obsessed with orchids because they are simply beautiful in their own way. I loved learning from this with people who love their job and are just as obsessed with orchids as much as i am
Everything about this is incredibly beautiful. From the swamp to the orchid to the passion. Just breathtaking!
The flowers look like fairies. So beautiful! Love Nat Geo.
Nat Geo cover the plant that is so endangered in my city because it grows no where else on this earth natively as of yet. Titus Balm or Dicerandra Thinicola. It is critically endangered and only lives in a small section along the coast. Due to fracturing of its habitat and the anti forest fire policy which is how they spread seed has effected their population.
Please Nat Geo!!!!!!
You should write Nat Geo through one of their contact pages, it sounds like a wonderful story. There are several plant species that rely on fire for their germination process in california.
I live in Osceola County Fla and have had Diceranda Thincola growing in my yard , I thought it was a common wild flower. Learn something new everyday.
They need to cover the hundreds of thousands of species that are critically endangered in Madagascar in each valley, each mountain, etc. I did the math yesterday and found that something like 276,000 plant species in madagascar have gone extinct. This is because 90 percent of the original forests have been destroyed and many species only existed on one single mountain or one single valley, and madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot- it is probably more species rich per area than the galapagos which everyone knows about, but there are like..no documtaires about this place like there are about the amazon which is probably way less important from a biodiversity and importance standpoint.
I love seeing people who are so dedicated like this
Orchids are beautiful every one is different and the dance is awesome
We agree, Rebekka! They are such amazing flowers.
Orchids are like human which has many races. each orchid is unique. you cant really find them having totally same but just different color like other typical flowers. even in same genus, different species has different size of flower and leaves, and also color combination. different genus also has different type of leaves, whether has pseudobulb or not, whether growing tree, on earth or rock (same genus always only grows on one of these place kinds, those growing on tree will not grow on ground), and whether has leaf, leaves or leafless. Majority of orchid are growing next to river except those very common orchids can grow drier places. For this ghost orchid, it seems have no leaf, no pseudobulb, and it grows on tree.
The ghost orchids grow so high up on big trees. Living in swamps to photo these moments is really hard. I wonder how people discovered it 150 years ago. It's so amazing.
This was awesome! As a kid and young adult I grew up in the swamps. My grandfather had a camp out in the big cypress. The one thing he was always fascinated with seeing was a Ghost Orchid.. Thank You
myself and a couple buddies hiked the fakahatchee strand several times back in the early seventies. we were fortunate enough to see many ghost orchids growing and blooming back then. they were most common on medium size branches less than 6 feet up extending out over small pools of water.
I LOVE STUFF LIKE THIS!!! I feel privileged to see things I never knew of, and thank people who dedicate themselves to this research! ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!
Finally a ghost hunting video I can take seriously
Butterfly Ghost 👻👻
So many pollinators discovered of all sizes. And that's one beautiful orchid species too. Really great findings.
It's great to see how conservationists for this beautiful plant are still discovering new things that surround it. I've been privileged enough to see Clyde Butcher's photos of this plant and to see more about it is great. Thank you!
This is one of my discoveries on the internet so far. It left me awestruck.
This is what freedom is about. Doing and experiencing your passion.
You guys went through so many difficulties just for a flower. Well thank you for bringing this up for us.
Because this orchids it's so beautiful
You guys deserve a big recognition for this arduous endeavour of limitless hours in dangerously invested swamps of Florida. I could not believe my eyes at the pictures you captured. You proved this theory right - way to go.
Wow. I never knew I would care so much about a flower I've never heard of. This is beautiful. This is why I'm subscribed. :')
Happy you learned something new. If you'd like to learn more, you can read on here: on.natgeo.com/2LBgn6C
Go watch the movie Adaptation. This is where I learned of the flower and it was the reason why I started growing orchids over 15 years ago. That effort has...well I have this species in spike in my basement currently. It is 3.75 inches long. I expect it to bloom in November if it manages to.
@@missanna208802 did it?
Amazed with everything about this clip. The flower itself, the crew who dedicate their time for this. Amazing. Bless u all.
This is true passion and dedication!
The work this team puts in is truly inspiring. We're glad you enjoyed watching!
Another beautiful video, i was born in a little village in Europe, i love nature i love your videos
South Florida has so many facets of natural beauty.
The lesser known requirements to be a photographer for National Geographic's: an obsessive mindset, a survivalist body that's unbothered by insect bites or the constant changing weather of months-to-years long encampments and is capable of traversing difficult terrain, an unwavering and often contested -patience of mind...
If we're ever to hear of more stories like this, support local re-wilding and ecological rejuvenation projects !!!!
It's amazing how the ghost orchid is pollinated by more than one species of moth, one of the rarest orchids still finds a way to perpetuate it's kind, simply amazing!
Absolutely amazing. A testament to the human spirit, especially the seemingly biblical proportions of mosquitoes.
This was breathtaking to watch. Being a biologist seems like such a dream, I wish I were able to!
All I can say is EXCELLENT. What a GREAT JOB. Dedication payed off for you and for us. THANK YOU.
At the 14:14 mark, I am amazed at the camouflage of the lizard in the frame.
Your enthusiasm is magic, thank you
I love how dedicated they are.
The location is what I feared most, my trauma, my nightmare. So I would like to give you around of applaus for being fearless and great dedication.
Beautiful species of orchid
HA! "Pollinia on the face"
"That's the money shot"
😂 lol
😂😂😂
Beautiful just simply beautiful
Where do people get money to do this? Research budget? Selling the film to Nat Geo? I would love to do things like this but flying to remote locations with expensive camera gear for weeks on end is insane amount of prep, organization, logistics and above all - money!
FNPS helps to support this.
@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING?
CrimsonEsso nah just do it and the money will come to you
sponsors or patreons.
These are researchers from developed nations and this is not their only job. These are projects.
Gave me goosebumps. Thank you for all your efforts in producing a short film like this.
I am truly admired their journey and adventure to witness something that the rest of us in this earth never have a chance to see this in real life. Amazing video. I love National Geographic
That was so captivating... I actually felt shivers on some moments and weirdly motivated for some reason.
utterly epic. i wish all of this was shot with i-max grade cameras. but regardless...utterly epic. thank you to everyone involved.
To wade & submerge into alligator/crocodile-infested water of the mosquito-ladened, snake-inhabiting Everglades wearing only plain-clothes in order to film the pollination of an orchid by a moth IS the true definition of "Obsession". Incredible dedication.
My mom and me had a conversation that changed topics several times and we got to “creole” the language of that area (thats apparently a mix of French Spanish and English) and ghost orchids, but I didn’t know they were endangered
There was no part in this documentary that was fast forwarded. There might be no other message I want to convey except thank you, really
I started my fasination with ghost orchid when read the book Orchid thief. So this really caught my interest
Hey wanna have my kids
Qqq
Absolutely Spectacular Video!
I love photography...😍 We see the beauty of nature through your photographic equipment... Good job...
Nice video,loved it❤️👏
Orchids are my favorite 🦋 Thank you for the incredible footage!
Nature is truly wonderful.
If you go to Corkscrew you can view the Ghost Orchid from the boardwalk when it is in bloom. It is best to take a long zoom lens or camera if you want to take a photo. You can call them and they will tell you if it is in bloom. I have been there many times and have a lot of photos. There are other orchids in the swamp that you can see from the boardwalk.
Just another informative video from NatGeo.. Your team was amazing!
so grateful to experiance this with these fellas. I loved it. thank you
It's so great to see them do their amazing and important work. We're glad you enjoyed watching!
@@NatGeo You said it!! Them swamps are super sketchy and scary!! All them mosquitos !! Ahhhh!! Talk about true love and passion for a flower and moth. So inspired!! Thanks again
...what a great journey..be proud and Thanks for just caring
Everything that God created has a purpose. Im not sure why the shock. But its amazing to see what goes with what to do its purpose in life. God makes no mistakes none!
The universe is more complex than God. You should give the natural world worth of trillions of years of evolution, more credit.
This is an absolutely AMAZING story...loved it- very much -Thank you!
We're glad that you enjoyed watching! If you'd like to learn more, you can read on here: on.natgeo.com/2LBgn6C
My ex girlfriend reminds me of a ghost orchid, she had multiple secret pollinators too...
😂
I hope you didn't climb a tree and sit there with an infrared camera pointed at her all night...
The whole bunch naughty list
That's dark bro 😂
EXCELLENT REPORTAGE & TRAVAIL / le contexte , les lieux , filmer avec la caméra sur pied dans l'eau de la jungle c'est WAOUHHHHHHHHH QUEL PASSION et PATIENCE ??????? MERCI MESSIEURS 👌👍🙏 from FRANCE !
This was one of the most beautiful, informative videos I have ever watched!! Thank you so much
We're glad you enjoyed watching, Marc! To learn more, you can read on here: on.natgeo.com/2LBgn6C
Perhaps the flower the sphinx moth was evolved to draw nectar from has gone extinct?
It's sad sea level rise might destroy these swamps. Thanks for the video, very informative!
This thing will be reproducing off the charts.
Lol!
J Better than it going EXTINCT
How so?
It's definitely great news for conserving the endangered species. To learn more, you can read on here: on.natgeo.com/2LBgn6C
@@SpaceRaptorsInfiniteAR5001 multiple pollinators ;)
amazing
i got chills all over my body when they finally got the moths
Nature is amazing
Years ago (25-30) I was growing 4 o’clock’s which the flower opens at night. One evening while looking out the living room window I thought my eyes were deceiving me because I was looking at a humming bird feeding at night! I love nature/animals I needed to go see what exactly I was looking at, I knew it had to be something other than a humming bird. When I slowly went out side it did not fly away. It took a few seconds for my mind to realize it was a moth one I had ever seen before with the longest feeding tubes I had ever seen. I was young and I thought I had to catch it! That was one of the biggest and harmful mistakes I could have done!! The moth was beautiful and the tongue/ tube was huge and all curled up, the moth didn’t even try to fly away it just walked on my hands. He couldn’t fly and I knew I hadn’t broke anything but in reality I had hurt the beautiful moth, it happened when I caught it. I put the moth on the porch floor but he still didn’t fly. Then I looked at my hands they were covered in the moths wing dust. The next morning I checked on the moth hoping it had flown away but it hadn’t, it died during the night. My heart was broken for what I had done to that wonderful creature. That act thought me a lesion I will never forget. This video and seeing that same moth brought back that awful night I killed a Sphinx moth!! 💔
Thank you for sharing this beautiful memory.
Thank you for sharing your passion 🙏. I’m paraplegic and feel invigorated (and a little jealous) when I see these beautiful videos.. Fantastic results 👍.
Absolutely beautiful 😍
That was utterly fascinating
I've seen some insanely large, extremepy extraordinarily colored moths in north east Oklahoma. They are very attracted with my moonflowers
ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT!
Thank you for your incredible dedication! So beautiful.
rarest of beauties; thanks for the supreme efforts.
Magnificent & totally inspiring, Thank you. 🙏😄✌
Great educational video NG. Thank you sharing it to us on YT 👍👍👍
Beautiful absolutely beautiful, thank you
I really enjoyed this!
Wow this is passion. Thank you for sharing to the world…without you guys we may missed to see this wonderful orchid
Woah! Guys you do so much to show us this stuff!!
Beautiful Cinematography.
Beautifully filmed.
Beautiful National Geographic... you always nail it.
nature is amazing , and the insect world is even more interesting ,,
Truly beautiful 😃 thank you 💞
I think that Agrius cingulatus can also pollinate the Ghost Orchid. The Morgan Sphinx is found in a part of Africa and was described before it was found in Madagascar.
Как все они восхитительны! ...И на моём окне цветут три прекрасные орхидеи... белоснежная, малиновая и конопатая - белая с малиновыми конопушками и малиновой мордочкой
Wonderful story of this beautiful orchid and amazing moth. Thank you for sharing this!
So freaking cool! I wish I had become a scientist, studying the mysteries of earth. It's such a wonderful place...still so many things that no human has seen before. Truly amazing!
wow🤯 i live right next to this swamp and had no idea about this🤯 but thank u all for doing this bec this is not for everyone i believe people like u r chosen to discover and find new things like this😊
Amazing... These guys have so much passion for what they do.....
Such a beauty🌾😍😍😍im A lover of orchids
I love how the orchard has two tails that intertwine like a double helix. it's quite beautiful. I so want to go get lost in the everglades. I'd never want to leave.
Amazing discovery on the pollinators of Dendrophylax Lindenii AKA The ghost orchid!
This deserve millions of views!
Art...beautiful 💘
So beautiful and insightful video.