Flower Power - Community Thread 03/20/2022

[Douglas Sherman]

Today I am featuring another Midwest orchid. There are two varieties of this orchid: Large Yellow Lady's-slipper and Small Yellow Lady's-slipper. If you can't judge the size, then the next best thing is to look at the sepals. The large version has brownish - green sepals, and the small version has brownish - burgundy looking sepals.

Please add any flower images you would like.

Large Yellow Ladies-slippers.

Small Yellow Lady's-slipper

 

[AlanLichty]

Neat looking orchids and a nice start to Sunday Doug.

My offering for today is a rhododendron I spotted in a parking lot down in Florence on Friday right after some passing showers:

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Neat looking orchids and a nice start to Sunday Doug.

My offering for today is a rhododendron I spotted in a parking lot down in Florence on Friday right after some passing showers:

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Thanks, Alan and nice capture of these rhododendron flowers.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Wow two great posts so far. I love your lady's Slippers Douglas, and Alan that Rhodie is delicious.

Today I will post a couple of odd balls, from my days in North Idaho the Goats Bear is scanned from a Kodachrome 25 slide.

Goats Beard Salsify

Bear Grass.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Wow two great posts so far. I love your lady's Slippers Douglas, and Alan that Rhodie is delicious.

Today I will post a couple of odd balls, from my days in North Idaho the Goats Bear is scanned from a Kodachrome 25 slide.

Goats Beard Salsify

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Bear Grass.

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Excellent images, Ben. I really like the Beargrass.

 

[Ken Rennie]

Crocuses in my local churchyard. Focus stacked in a breeze so some artifacts. Ken

 

[MonikaC]

Today I am featuring another Midwest orchid. There are two varieties of this orchid: Large Yellow Lady's-slipper and Small Yellow Lady's-slipper. If you can't judge the size, then the next best thing is to look at the sepals. The large version has brownish - green sepals, and the small version has brownish - burgundy looking sepals.

Please add any flower images you would like.

Large Yellow Ladies-slippers.

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Small Yellow Lady's-slipper

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#4 is quite the embarrassment of riches! All are lovely.

 

[MonikaC]

I almost chose basque flowers, this being the 1st day of Spring, and, while they aren't the 1st bloomers, they're the 1st ones I usually notice around here. Then I thought I'd save them for Easter. Let's see if I remember that.

Twisted Stalk or Streptopus amplexifolius.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I almost chose basque flowers, this being the 1st day of Spring, and, while they aren't the 1st bloomers, they're the 1st ones I usually notice around here. Then I thought I'd save them for Easter. Let's see if I remember that.

Twisted Stalk or Streptopus amplexifolius.
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I don't think I have seen this one before, Monika. Is it a member of the Solomon Seal Family?

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Crocuses in my local churchyard. Focus stacked in a breeze so some artifacts. Ken
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Two great images, Ken.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Here is my contribution.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Here is my contribution.

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Wow!!! That is really beautiful, Jameel.

 

[MonikaC]

I don't think I have seen this one before, Monika. Is it a member of the Solomon Seal Family?

It look a bit like False Solomon Seal, but is not in the same family. From Wikipedia: Streptopus amplexifolius has a superficial resemblance to False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum), but Twisted Stalk produces axillary flowers and fruits along the stem, where False Solomon's Seal produces a terminal inflorescence. Also False Solomon's Seal is always a single unbranched stem, while Twisted Stalk can be branched at the bottom. In fruit, Twisted Stalk is easily identified by its large, juicy red berries which grow from each leaf axil and are highly visible, even in the thickest undergrowth, as they boldly contrast with the surrounding foliage.

 

[JimFox]

Doug, sadly I dont capture many flowers, I had to dig deep to find this one. It's one I took in England back in 2006.

 

[dan swiger]

Fruitless Pear - Finally something to try out my Tamron 100-400!