A new documentary follows photographers and scientists deep into Florida’s most remote swamps in search of answers to one of botany’s most enduring questions: what pollinates the elusive ghost orchid. Long considered one of North America’s rarest and least understood flowers, the species has resisted decades of study, with its reproduction largely undocumented in the wild. By combining field biology with long-term camera trapping and expedition-style research, Chasing Ghosts produced by Grizzly Creek Films, BioGraphic Magazine, and Matador Network captures both the difficulty of the search and the breakthrough moments that are beginning to reshape how scientists understand this fragile and mysterious plant. The ghost orchid’s biggest mystery isn’t just where it grows, it is how it survives. The People Behind the Search The film brings together a small but deeply committed group of researchers and visual storytellers, each contributing a different perspective to the same overarching question. Carlton Ward Jr.…