Midsummer update from Big Thicket Posted on 20 August, 2013 by adye6 July/August have been my busiest (and hottest) months so far at Big Thicket. Here’s some of my adventures in pictures. Scouting Little Pine Island bayou by kayak: Lake Hyatt at the Watson Rare Plants Preserve: The very rare Chapman’s fringed orchid: Slime mold spores on a blade of grass under the microscope: