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Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jun 15, 2011 - 11:45am PT
Who you callin' pussy paws? I've climbed some respectable 5.6's with these paws!

And that flower was about 2" in diameter if I recall.
This is exactly the way I found them - just lying in the rocks as it were.

nita

Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
Jun 15, 2011 - 11:56am PT
sempervirens, me thinks ..you are right..(-;...pussy paws........always loved seeing the hardy TM pussy paws growing out of dry sandy soil.... pretty amazing seeing them in volcanic rock too.


Reilly, better view....thanks
ps..Lava Beads- is on my top 10 list of favorite parks to camp in...My favorite campsite is..............not telling...


EdBannister

Mountain climber
13,000 feet
Jun 16, 2011 - 11:59am PT
Fritz

Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
Jun 24, 2011 - 02:36pm PT
Nice flowers everyone. TFPU!



SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Jun 24, 2011 - 11:28pm PT

Karl, AWESOME night photos!!!!

The flowers are RAD too, everyone--I wonder when the b/c in Colorado
will show some this year, it's still covered in lots of snow!
em kn0t

Trad climber
isle of wyde
Jun 25, 2011 - 01:39am PT

kinda amazing how a dry prickly cactus on a dusty hillside can produce such a luscious and delicate bloom
redsolarearth

climber
Jun 25, 2011 - 04:13pm PT
redsolarearth

climber
Jun 25, 2011 - 04:18pm PT
these are from the Sonoma Coast, CA
spot

Boulder climber
Atascadero,Ca
Jun 25, 2011 - 07:25pm PT
Flowers off of Mazourka Canyon road, Inyo Mts., Memorial Day weekend.










Reeotch

Trad climber
Kayenta, AZ
Jun 26, 2011 - 12:02pm PT
I took a hike around Navajo Mountain in April, the timing was perfect for wildflowers. Here's some highlights:
ryankelly

Trad climber
el portal
Jun 26, 2011 - 03:41pm PT




Reeotch

Trad climber
Kayenta, AZ
Jun 26, 2011 - 09:38pm PT
Hmmm, ryankelly, that first pic looks a lot like opium. It usually has more colorful flowers. I was mainly looking at the pods. El Portal seems a likely place to find such an exotic-mind altering-plant growing . . .
Reeotch

Trad climber
Kayenta, AZ
Jun 26, 2011 - 09:57pm PT
Really!

You can smoke it?!?!?!

Cool man . . .
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Jun 26, 2011 - 10:32pm PT
hey there say, bob... or anyone... folks from michigan? or similar area?


do you know WHAT this could be?
can't really tell, and the flowers, do not show yet...

some kind of wild lily, or wild orchid type thing????


thanks for any help....




:)
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Jun 26, 2011 - 10:38pm PT
hey there say, all...

another view, but, as i said it IS having a taller stalk, and the flowery TOP piece is NOW another few inches longer but still curled downward, but not as tightly...




:)



note:
my OTHER mystery plant was one:

clammy ground cherry...

and,
the real long-time mystery was:
motherwort...

i have moved it from taking over the whole back-corner of the yard,
to the FENCE instead... it looks very nice there, :)

:)
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Jun 26, 2011 - 10:45pm PT
hey there say, ekat...

i love that prickley poppy...

it is also called, nickname, cowboy's eggs...
*looks like a sunny side up egg...


it was all along the rail tracks in south texas...

it looked like bits of soft tissue paper, with bright yellow on it...
had a very differen and nice shade of green leaves, too...

:)
once up close though, you'd manyyyyyyyyyyyy a thorn, :O


sure miss seeing it, though...
:)



neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Jun 26, 2011 - 11:45pm PT
hey there say, timid.... say, thanks for making note of trying :)


also... love all these pics...

also, thanks for the neat share, timid, :)

love that area, too!

edit: would make some better comments, but not all the pics show up, yet,
:(


:)
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Jul 1, 2011 - 02:25pm PT
hey there bob, and all...

say, the mystery flower, i am more and more thinking may be a
wild orchid... there are supposed to be many species here...

possibly a fringed one... not sure...
think it was not enough like the bog orchid, but i did not have
a good pic of that...

here it is now, it is NEAR to open...
standing tall, orchid are supposed to be for late spring,
and summer... and some 'til aug. so this may be on schedule,
if that it turns out to be one...


i have about 14 of them, at various locations in the backyard...
two died of water drenching and shriveled under an eaves...

and two, i ruined, by trying to dig up and transplant to where the kids would not step on them... :O

and--i have about two in the front yard...

very strange and fun to watch them since they popped up, kind of like the
lilly of the valley did, but thinner-leafed, lighter, and now it appears they are grooved... and as the plant-stalk grew from an odd curl, it began to UNCURL and the leaves spread apart and more leaves manesfested...

very neat plant, whatever it is...


here you go--will see what color it blooms to be:





:)


*well, the top of the flower looks like the one in this article,
but the LEAVES do not, (though the one picture is from india orchid)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habenaria

but they say there are some 800 species of this bog orchid:

Habenaria, commonly called bog orchids, are a far ranging genus of orchid, one of approximately 800 described Orchidaceae genera within that large and diverse family. There are species in both tropical and temperate zones.

neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Jul 1, 2011 - 02:50pm PT
hey there say, guys!! hey you all....


wow, i am fairly SURE i found it ... here it is...

sure looks like it, but i must wait 'til it blooms...


:)


http://www.nmorchid.org/gallery/Native/helleborine.jpg



*now, i got a surprise pack of wildflower here, though some i moved over from the other house, and some from the nearby field... all are local to this area... i am more wooded though, than field....


got:
chicory
poke
goatsbeard
clammy ground cherry
this orchid
*some kind of bluish-purple bell deal, not sure...
*some kid of small tiny, though tall, white daisy thing...
mother wort...
two more need to id. weeds, :))
wild violets
ragweed that i do not want, :))
lily of the valley
orange lily, near like wild mich lily
*another mystery weed or flower
*that night-flower, white, forgot the name, but can edit later
moth mullein
great mullein
wild rasberries, and, black...
wild geranium...
two more wildflower, tiny, weed things...
star grass...
and, hmmm, that may be it for now...

haha HAH! no WONDER there is NO lawn here, ;)


i sure love the woods and the fields, :))

*back later...
:)
sempervirens

climber
Jul 4, 2011 - 09:58pm PT
A few more from Plumas County.








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