Exploring Wisconsin's Bogs: A Hiking Adventure Among Rare Orchids and Carnivorous Plants

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  • čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
  • Join me on a hiking adventure through one of Wisconsin's large bogs, a unique ecosystem teeming with rare and beautiful plant life. This video showcases the stunning diversity of native species found in these bogs, with a special focus on orchids.
    We'll encounter hundreds of orchids, including the rare Pink Lady Slippers and other native Wisconsin orchids. These delicate beauties are a sight to behold and a highlight of any visit to the bog.
    But orchids aren't the only stars of the show. We'll also discover rare carnivorous plants like Sundews and Pitcher Plants, which have adapted in fascinating ways to their environment.
    As we journey through the bog, we'll see a variety of other native plants that contribute to the rich tapestry of life in this unique habitat. From the mossy ground to the towering trees, every inch of the bog is bursting with life.
    Filmed in high-quality, this video offers a detailed and visually stunning guide to the flora of Wisconsin's bogs. Whether you're a nature lover, a plant enthusiast, or just curious about Wisconsin's natural beauty, this video is for you.
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  • @TechplantChannel
    @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety +27

    Someone poached the 3 showy lady slipper orchids in this video, I really hope it was coincidental, id be very disappointed if it was a viewer.

    • @theinferno150
      @theinferno150 Před 2 lety +8

      its ok im sure its not your fault; you gave very little location information when showing them as well as not showing the surroundings around the orchids
      but it does suck :( I hate poachers, and i wish they would stop destroying these natural areas!

    • @gletube9332
      @gletube9332 Před 2 lety +8

      report that before the pitchers go next! enjoyed watching

  • @butterflytatt
    @butterflytatt Před 2 lety +25

    This was a great video. It brought back memories from my childhood when my brother and I used to walk through the woods. We’d see pitcher plants, wild orchids and so on. We had our share of mosquitoes and ticks, as well. I hope you found all of those suckers!

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety +2

      awesome! Sounds like you had a wonderful childhood. I hate ticks once you get one you feel like you have them all over for the rest of the day!

  • @privato9238
    @privato9238 Před 2 lety +4

    I think it's always amazing when people of houseplant channels go outside and show some home nature
    And Thank You for that long Video!

  • @OhhhBugger
    @OhhhBugger Před 4 měsíci

    One of the best bog videos I have found online. Thanks for this!

  • @M0NST3RBUNN3H
    @M0NST3RBUNN3H Před 2 lety +11

    It was cool seeing you come across the purple pitcher plants, their flowers are actually the official flower of the province that I live in, Newfoundland!

  • @aaronandrews3059
    @aaronandrews3059 Před 2 lety +12

    Stunning video mate. I hope you do more videos like this during the summer. Loved seeing the native plant life in your area.

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety +2

      Thanks, ill try, there are a few other interesting places around me. I wish gas wasnt so expensive tho, makes it hard to go far lol

  • @jonathanportinga4111
    @jonathanportinga4111 Před 2 lety +2

    Went out and saw a pink lady slipper and an Iris around lake superior this past week. Blew me away too.

  • @gardenonthemoors
    @gardenonthemoors Před 6 měsíci

    Wow what an awesome spot! Loved all the different plants, especially those pitcher plants 😮

  • @EverythingPlants
    @EverythingPlants Před 2 lety +5

    The sundews are so frickin cool man. What an awesome video......loved every minute of it! Oh and that bog haircat moss is so neat.

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety +2

      Thanks, I have footage from another bog with more sundews but its not enough for a video. maybe ill make a short or something

  • @buttercupslongnails
    @buttercupslongnails Před 2 lety

    Omg I lovvvvve orchids sooooo much I'm so excited for you right now

  • @billlumberg5746
    @billlumberg5746 Před rokem +2

    Lady slippers have no nectar which is fascinating how they are pollinated.

  • @joannelasage2053
    @joannelasage2053 Před 2 lety +4

    SOOOOO Cool! Im glad you got the perfect picturesque scene! I saw it Immediately and brought a tear to my eye when I saw the sun shining through to the patch. Glad your dad and brother were able to see the beauty through your eyes!!

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety +1

      yeah it was really something, i cant wait to go next year and explore even deeper

  • @sabinamauri7423
    @sabinamauri7423 Před 2 lety +2

    I always thought orchids grow on trees , just because the only one Ive seen was like that . Very interesting and well done video

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety +2

      I think a majority of them do, but I think only terrestrial ones live in my state

  • @oscarrox
    @oscarrox Před rokem

    Very nice video, beautiful bog land, great slipper orchids, and heaps of enthusiasm.

  • @1evie11
    @1evie11 Před 2 lety +4

    I loved this! It amazing to see a different kind of bog from what I'm used to in Finland. It's similar but with completely different plants although there's some similar things in there. The bugs are pretty much the same as well 😂

  • @pastramichop
    @pastramichop Před 2 lety

    this was a fun walkthrough, thanks for sharing

  • @janetang8684
    @janetang8684 Před 2 lety

    Beautiful Video! Thanks for Sharing .

  • @karenb136
    @karenb136 Před 2 lety +3

    Beautiful plants. Glad you didn’t get stuck in the bog. 💚🪴🌱🌿💚

  • @beckypackqualls2745
    @beckypackqualls2745 Před 2 lety +2

    I have to add, your Photograpy skills are awesome, too!

  • @XxShellyW13xX
    @XxShellyW13xX Před 2 lety +2

    Tamarack is also the only pine tree type that turns a bright yellow in the fall and will drop its needles and regrow again in the spring like deciduous trees. We have them in Minnesota where I am.

  • @anndriggers6660
    @anndriggers6660 Před 2 lety

    Great video! So beautiful...

  • @Zarrum
    @Zarrum Před rokem +2

    Oh yeah! And I’ve had the bog tea before. My ex is Ojibwa and his family gave us some.

  • @codymanthey5694
    @codymanthey5694 Před 11 měsíci

    There's a boy scout camp in Wisconsin I use to go to called camp rokilio. The camp has a bog. When I first went to camp rokilio and we went down to the bog the camp councilors told us to stick together or the bog monster would get us. What's cool is that the bog had pitcher plants

  • @mini-mum2976
    @mini-mum2976 Před 2 lety +1

    Good for you! 😁👍 thank you so very much for taking me on this adventure with you! Loved it 😁👍

  • @zect556
    @zect556 Před 2 lety +3

    Beautiful sightings! I live in Southeast Asia, the only carnivorous plant species I spotted in the wild was Nepenthes Ampullaria growing beside a river on a hill where I was hiking 4 years ago, the rest were common widespread species.

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety +2

      Thanks for sharing! I wanna visit SEA again and really focus on hiking and finding plants!

  • @CyberSerene
    @CyberSerene Před 2 lety

    Very cool!!

  • @dobaleedo
    @dobaleedo Před 2 lety +1

    I love this. I never thought about my area having something rare. I'll have to start looking in to it. Love your videos, they're always so motivational.

  • @jaimemenapadilla
    @jaimemenapadilla Před rokem +1

    Great video!

  • @beckypackqualls2745
    @beckypackqualls2745 Před 2 lety +1

    Great video! Thanks for the walk into the big along with ID of the plants! Very enjoyable.

  • @ShadowsEcho1990
    @ShadowsEcho1990 Před 2 lety

    We have Lady Slippers here in SW PA too, but theyre not very common. Its always a treat to see one lonely Orchid just thriving away under all the Mountain Laurel. 💚

  • @David-sc2ir
    @David-sc2ir Před 6 měsíci

    I didn't know you had the pink lady slipper's that far north! I'm in the Blue Ridge mountains (Virginia) and we have large colonies of them here, I've seen areas in pine forest where
    they literally carpet the ground wall to wall. There is also a yellow species that is less common but incredibly beautiful. There are other orchids in our forests here but none are
    as showy as those lady slippers. I've gone bog-hopping along the coastal plains of Virginia/N. Carolina/S. Carolina and there are plenty of bogs there filled with orchids and
    carnivorous plants... I've never seen these purple pitcher plants here, the species that grows in the bogs I visited are tall and green. Sundews are everywhere! Near Myrtle
    Beach SC I've seen the Venus Flytraps.... of course all are protected and should only be collected with a camera lens :) This was an AMAZING bog, I'd love to have visited it with
    you! I've always wanted to see the Showy Lady slipper (Cypripedium Reginae) in person but I'm too far south of it's range. The Appalachian mountains are a natural botanical
    garden of interesting plants and wildlife, I think you could spend a lifetime here and never see everything it has to offer... I've roamed these mountains for seven decades and I
    still find things I've never seen before! ENJOY NATURE :)

  • @oliverohm6921
    @oliverohm6921 Před 2 lety +1

    The showy slippers 😍😍😍 but the thick 🤮😵‍💫 hope you got back home well

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety +1

      we ended up changing out the trucks starter in a parking lot lol, luckily we had some tools and a car part store had a replacement part

  • @cafeohlej
    @cafeohlej Před 2 lety +1

    This is a great video!! I learned so much. First off, learned what a bog was. Thank you for the spectacular footage and the names. 😊

  • @markzick9236
    @markzick9236 Před 2 lety +1

    I grew up in north east Pennsylvania and found Lady Slipper orchids growing on rock out croppings far from any water or bogs. They grew in a heavy layer of decomposing leaves.

  • @eraserewrite
    @eraserewrite Před 2 lety +1

    The joy the editing style brings me. I felt like I was there. I also got into mushroom foraging a few years ago but have only gone twice. Would love, love, love to watch a mushroom forage video. A good CZcams video on that subject are hard to find.

  • @chickenpie4402
    @chickenpie4402 Před 2 lety +3

    I always wanted to know, how North-american bogs looks like because I have some pitcherplants as hobby. But I live in Europe so it's not really posdible. I am so glad that you are doing this kind of videos as these are the best that I could find on the internet about this theme.

    • @Stettafire
      @Stettafire Před 2 lety +2

      There are some similar boglands in the UK. Though you need to know where to look. They've got different soils though so different plants. Got some rare orchids and they attract super rare butterflies

  • @mandyfair9082
    @mandyfair9082 Před 2 lety +1

    ❤ This was the most amazing vid. Thank you so much for risking your life to bog and bugs to bring such awesome views. I loved it!!!

  • @barkopolo
    @barkopolo Před 2 lety

    Awesome video, I learned a lot! Im dying to go bog hunting now haha

  • @ohmygollygarsh
    @ohmygollygarsh Před 2 lety +1

    I really appreciate this video. it made me look into bogs in my state (PA) and now I know so much about bogs! We have a really neat spaghnum bog with a boardwalk over the bog. I'm making plans to see it with my friend. On videos I've watched, a lot of the same plants exist in that bog as in the bog that you researched. Thanks, friend.

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety

      Awesome! Do some research on which plants are in bloom now because most of the pink Lady slippers will be done. So find thr ones online that are in bloom so you have a higher chance of seeing some pretty flowers

  • @kamil5550
    @kamil5550 Před 2 lety +2

    Ooooooh I did this for my masters a couple years ago in northern Canada, I loved going bogging

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety

      amazing! I bet you saw some wonderful things!

    • @kamil5550
      @kamil5550 Před 2 lety

      @@TechplantChannel the heart leaved twayblade was my favorite bog orchid but the small round leaved orchid is definitely showier

  • @xanjamanuo
    @xanjamanuo Před 2 lety

    Great video, I really enjoyed watching this. You wouldn't think you'd have things like orchids that far north in the US!

  • @simisimona5164
    @simisimona5164 Před 2 lety +1

    I really love this type of video, so unique and educational as well. Great content!

  • @Gosamkoh
    @Gosamkoh Před 2 lety +1

    Amazing!

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety

      Thank you! We have some bogs in east troy that are like this one if you were every curious about visiting one without having to drive all the way up north

    • @Gosamkoh
      @Gosamkoh Před 2 lety

      @@TechplantChannel Im definitely going now. Perhaps this week!

  • @oliverohm6921
    @oliverohm6921 Před 2 lety +1

    I really love this content pls do often !!

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws-- Před 2 lety +2

    Teaberries are rare but do also grow in New York. Some are even grown as ornamental plants. I had these before but never got to see them flower.

  • @queenblackacid3513
    @queenblackacid3513 Před 2 lety +1

    Great video! I’m keen to look up what might be in my area! :)

  • @williamworth2746
    @williamworth2746 Před 24 dny

    Purple pitcher plants are native to the NJ pinelands

  • @kazooingcowboy
    @kazooingcowboy Před 2 lety +3

    Buying plants is great but nothing really compares to getting out in nature.

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety

      Absolutely, I really loved seeing them all in their natural habitat

  • @Vyezene
    @Vyezene Před 2 lety

    Love it!! I explore the bogs in my area often and we have alot of the same species, im in washington state. INaturalist is an asset for ID!!

  • @comfortablynumb9342
    @comfortablynumb9342 Před 2 lety

    I had no idea that there are orchids so far north. Wow. I've seen some native Florida orchids, and when I lived in Costa Rica I saw so many types it's unbelievable. My ex father in law used to find them on branches that fell in the jungle and he brought them to us. We probably had 50 different ones from buying them too. I also saw tons more that I left because they were in trees, picking them isn't cool with me. Anyway orchids were Darwin's favorite plants because they're the most diverse plants. So I shouldn't be surprised they grow up there I guess.

  • @leojrgensen2819
    @leojrgensen2819 Před 2 lety +1

    It belive it would be illegal to take plants in that kind of nature where i live.
    Nice video. 👍

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety +1

      Its illegal here too, plus those orchids would never survive if taken out of that swamp.

  • @ayes1669
    @ayes1669 Před 2 lety +1

    You should try the orchid petal soup, really popular amongst the peoples of southwest river valley

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety

      Interested Ive never heard of this

    • @ayes1669
      @ayes1669 Před 2 lety +1

      @@TechplantChannel You've never heard of this because I made up this statement because I was bored. This statement is false.

  • @Zarrum
    @Zarrum Před rokem +1

    That’s so awesome! I’ve been wanting to search out the purple pitcher plants since I found out about them in 2012. I’m in the fox valley and I’m pretty sure every bog is a few hours away that’ll have them in. If you don’t mind me asking, whereabouts was this one? Btw, I thought we only had one orchid so it’s really cool to see there’s more!

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před rokem

      Dm me on instagram or email me at techplant.official or techplant.official@gmail.com

  • @TJ-et8sw
    @TJ-et8sw Před 2 lety +1

    I didn't know sphagnum and pitcher plants grew up north

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety

      yeah there is tons of it! there are a few bogs in southern wisconsin that are similar. but you cant really walk on them. but they have board walks!

  • @asagrien
    @asagrien Před 2 lety +1

    Can I ask your camera/lense/filter setup for this video? The exposures were immaculate!

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety

      I'm using a bmpcc 6k pro, 16-35mm f2.8. I'm not using a filter but I'm using like a film lut in DaVinci resolve. And shooting raw video. The footage was almost 500gb 😆

  • @christopherwong1782
    @christopherwong1782 Před 2 lety

    Can you find sarracenias like these lower down on the east coast? I'm wondering whether you can see them in the NY, NJ PA area

  • @petmashup2672
    @petmashup2672 Před 9 dny +1

    I live in PA, how do you find the bogs you go to? I really want to see some wild orchids!

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 9 dny

      I use Google maps to search for bogs or fens and then usually there is a DNR website linked to the park. Also Inaturalist is a good website. People will obscure the exact location of thr orchids to try and make it harder for poachers to get them. But they should give you a general idea of where to hike around. If you find a nice place I suggest you keep it secret and share it with only ppl you trust because I wanna say it was your state that had a bog full of pitcher plants and someone came and took hundreds of them.
      Sucks to gatekeep but all it takes us one asshole to literally decimate these places. Good luck finding some nice bogs! Keep em secret!

  • @Ricardozapata4121
    @Ricardozapata4121 Před rokem

    I am pretty sure that since Iived in Chicago Illinois, the bogs here probably have the same plants.

  • @jamestroyer2594
    @jamestroyer2594 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow, where in Wisconsin is this?

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety

      northern wisconsin, there are bogs and swamps all over the place from the glaciers

    • @jamestroyer2594
      @jamestroyer2594 Před 2 lety

      @@TechplantChannel Ah cool. I live in the MKE so I don't head up north that much.

  • @colin_300
    @colin_300 Před 2 lety +1

    I wish I could do this

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety +1

      start researching your local areas? If you live in the usa the DNR should have all kinds of land in your state some of it is really cool

    • @colin_300
      @colin_300 Před 2 lety

      @@TechplantChannel I should, I’m SUPER into orchids and I haven’t even thought to research to see if there are any in Virginia because it gets cold here

    • @VinylUnboxings
      @VinylUnboxings Před 2 lety +2

      @@colin_300 There are bogs in Virginia.
      Species common to most variants include great rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum), Catawba rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense), silky willow (Salix sericea), smooth alder (Alnus serrulata), cinnamon fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum), tawny cottongrass (Eriophorum virginicum), prickly bog sedge (Carex atlantica), Fraser's marsh St. Johns-wort (Triadenum fraseri) , and brownish beaksedge (Rhynchospora capitellata). Species more restricted to low-elevation (below 900 m [3000 ft]) bogs of the Ridge and Valley and Cumberland Mountains include pitch pine (Pinus rigida), round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia ), bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus), tussock sedge (Carex stricta), tuberous grass-pink (Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus), yellow fringed orchid (Platanthera ciliaris), and Nuttall's reed-grass (Calamagrostis coarctata). Species more restricted to higher-elevation (mostly above 900 m [3000 ft]) bogs of the southern Blue Ridge, Allegheny Mountains, and/or the highest mountains of the Ridge and Valley include stunted red spruce (Picea rubens), long-stalked holly (Ilex collina), northern wild raisin (Viburnum cassinoides), Carolina laurel (Kalmia carolina), cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon), rough-leaved goldenrod (Solidago patula), Cuthbert's turtlehead (Chelone cuthbertii), bog goldenrod (Solidago uliginosa var. uliginosa), star sedge (Carex echinata ssp. echinata), narrow-leaf bur-reed (Sparganium acaule), bog willow-herb (Epilobium leptophyllum), narrow-panicled rush (Juncus brevicaudatus), three-seeded sedge (Carex trisperma), Ruth's sedge (Carex ruthii), and thyme-leaf bluets (Houstonia serpyllifolia).
      References: Chappell (1972), Fleming and Coulling (2001), Musselman (1970), Ogle (1982), Fleming and Moorhead (1996).

    • @colin_300
      @colin_300 Před 2 lety

      @@VinylUnboxings wow thank you so much!!!!!

  • @williamworth2746
    @williamworth2746 Před 24 dny

    Ware is the conservation at

  • @apextroll
    @apextroll Před 2 lety

    I thought bogs were acidic. Turns out this must be a fen.

  • @magorzataczarnocka784
    @magorzataczarnocka784 Před 2 lety

    Orchids don't have nectar :p they decive insects:p

    • @SpiranthesVernalis
      @SpiranthesVernalis Před 2 lety +1

      That's only true for some species. Platanthera dilatata (the white bog orchid), for example, is nectariferous.

  • @MixedGoku
    @MixedGoku Před rokem +1

    You need to put a watermark of your channel next to the orchids so you can get the extra foot traffic You deserve it more than anyone

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před rokem +1

      What do you mean? Is someone downloading it and re uploading?

    • @MixedGoku
      @MixedGoku Před rokem +2

      @@TechplantChannel not yet my friend but I've noticed on my plant exploration photos from Instagram and that they would use them on websites to show seeds which could be real or fake seeds. After our water marked my videos and images I started to get thousands of people as foot traffic to my business Instagram and not having to do much but watermark my images and videos just an idea if you want to follow it it doesn't take that much time in the editing software

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před rokem +1

      @MixedGoku wow thanks! I'm surprised what a difference it makes for traffic as well! Thank you for the info I will try and watermark them

    • @MixedGoku
      @MixedGoku Před rokem

      @@TechplantChannel just continue producing amazing content. The adventure is always the best part.

  • @Corinari
    @Corinari Před 2 lety +2

    yeah idk why people poach all the pitcher plants you can buy one and just propagate it

    • @TechplantChannel
      @TechplantChannel  Před 2 lety

      yeah its crazy, im worried people will poach the orchids too!

    • @Corinari
      @Corinari Před 2 lety +1

      @@TechplantChannel maybe its better to not tell people where this is, its only going to take one plant seller to clear that place sadly

  • @SpiranthesVernalis
    @SpiranthesVernalis Před 2 lety +1

    Nice video! You said that you're still learning about orchids, so I thought I would share some of what I know.
    Yes, there are two green-flowered species that are closely related to the white bog orchid (P. dilatata). They are the north wind bog orchid (Platanthera aquilonis) and the Lake Huron green bog orchid (Platanthera huronensis), and are frequently confused due to their superficial resemblance to each other. Generally speaking, the latter has a more elongated labellum with a variably prominent basal dilation. The anther sacs only diverge somewhat nearer to the bottom and the connective (which bridges them at the top) is noticeable.
    What's really fascinating is that P. huronensis is actually an ancient hybrid (allotetraploid) formed between P. aquilonis and P. dilatata, which are both diploids. In many ways, it is intermediate between the two species and can sometimes very closely resemble P. dilatata when it has extremely light green (rarely white) flowers.
    These three species all belong to Platanthera subgenus Limnorchis, and are the only of their kind which occur in eastern North America. The others are found primarily in the West.
    P. dilatata itself is a rapidly evolving species which is usually divided into three varieties, but only the nominate (var. dilatata) grows in Eastern North America. Generally the spur of this variety is roughly equal to the lip and the flowers have diurnal fragrance.

    • @WaterspoutsOfTheDeep
      @WaterspoutsOfTheDeep Před 7 měsíci

      Bro it's 2023 not 1923, evolution is not a real world process lol. Mindless matter and mutation can't produce code. Mind is the paradigm of creation in reality, not magic. Evolutionary theory is a mythology of magic, rationality from irrationality. Mind>magic

  • @vidaripollen
    @vidaripollen Před 2 lety

    Very beautiful. Try to talk a bit slow.ur non English audiences will appreciate