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Wind Cave Room - Fairy Palace

Soda straws in Fairy Palace
Soda straws in Fairy Palace
NPS Photo by M. LaBorde
 
This area exhibiting a nice display of flowstone, stalactites and stalagmites was named by Jim Chisholm, Hal Johnson, and Heide McClire on May 1, 1982.

Did You Know?

Stemless Hymenoxys

The scientific name for the Stemless Hymenoxys is Hymemoxys acaulis.  Acaulis means "stemless" and referes to the leafless stalks which bear the flower heads. More...