FootTrax Geocoin FootTrax's Ghost Orchid Geocoin

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Owner:
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Released:
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Origin:
Florida, United States
Recently Spotted:
In Jet's Valley

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Current Goal

DO NOT KEEP THIS COIN!
It must be logged and returned to another cache, so it can circulate and be found by others.

This coin started in "The Ghost Orchid" cache by SeaAggies(I HOPE). Use waypoint: GC112JY

This coin is dedicated to Lorriebird, Exoticdvm, Nana, CrimeScene, Matkata, Anidanid, Litngbug, and the Davis5 for being the first cachers to try and find this hard cache.

About This Item

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The first Ghost Orchid was discovered in Cuba in 1844 by a Belgian named Jean Jules Linden. Fifty years later, the same orchid species was found in Florida’s Fakahatchee Strand, as well as the Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp. Biologists believe seeds from ghost orchids and other tropical plants in South and Central America were carried across the ocean by air currents and migrating birds until they reached Florida. Within the U.S., the ghost orchid does not exist outside south Florida.

Aside from its rarity, the ghost orchid is unique in that it does not grow in soil, as do conventional plants. It is a species of leafless orchid that grows on trees. Exposed to the elements, the flat, green roots are no thicker than a pencil and wrap themselves around a tree.

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Tracking History (4390mi) View Map

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Write note 1/10/2011 flipflopnick posted a note for it   Visit Log

Cache was muggled
geocoin gone
Dropped Off 5/24/2007 kiya1994 placed it in Jet's Valley United Kingdom - 41.34 miles  Visit Log
  • In the English Lake District Thirlmere and Molly in the background
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/22/2007 kiya1994 retrieved it from The Ancient Yew of Beltingham North East England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

A lovely coin and interesting fact file n the Ghost Orchid. Will move on soon
Dropped Off 5/20/2007 Travers placed it in The Ancient Yew of Beltingham North East England, United Kingdom - 4,338.4 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/27/2007 Travers retrieved it from Cryptozoology Florida   Visit Log

Picked up this pretty coin today and will move it along soon - we have many diffent types of wild orchid in the UK.

I agree with the mission statement on the sheet that goes along with the coin too - especially as we only log coins or TBs that we move on.
Discovered It 4/15/2007 lol2141 discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered it. Cool coin. Thanks
Dropped Off 4/9/2007 Footloose&FancyFree placed it in Cryptozoology Florida - 10.25 miles  Visit Log

Dropped this hard earned geocoin off in Cryptozoology Cache so that it can stay in the area. We are heading north this week for the summer.

Retrieve It from a Cache 4/3/2007 Footloose&FancyFree retrieved it from The Ghost Orchid Florida   Visit Log

I worked very hard to get to the Ghost Orchid cache and retrieve this geocoin!! I will move it along soon.
Discovered It 3/31/2007 Gator Man discovered it   Visit Log

footTRAX showed me this geocoin before he placed it in THE GHOST ORCHID.

GM
Dropped Off 3/29/2007 footTRAX placed it in The Ghost Orchid Florida   Visit Log
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