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Wildflower photos
I've been really enjoying the different photography threads on this forum.
How about starting a wildflower one?
Here's a favorite Alberta orchid - can you name it?
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Is that a ladyslipper? Can't remember
Sure is purty!
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my favorites
one wild one not so much
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LOVE osteospermums, regardless of them being a domestic plant!
The shooting stars have long been one of my favorite wildflowers. I also have a weakness for wild blue flax. Keep 'em coming.
This weather keeps up and the crocuses and buffalo beans will be coming out
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nice thread .... thanks
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03-11-2012, 09:40 PM
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That's quite the bouquet of wildflowers!
Now to identify them,,, my guesses are:
My first two were Calypso Orchids - also called Venus Slippers
CLB posted
Forget-me-nots
Bluebells - also called Harebells
Wood Lilies
Ggeorge posted
Shooting Stars
& a domestic flower?
Bushmaster - a great bunch of Wood Lilies
BBT posted
Wild Rose
Saskatoon Berry (?)
Jacobs Ladder
Chickweed - also called 'Mouse-ears'
Indian Paintbrish - with Scorpionweed in the background
A Milberts Tortoiseshell buttefly on a Smooth Fleabane bloom
Blue Flax
Prairie Crocus
2tollers posted
Kinnininic or Labrador Tea?
Wild Blue Flag Iris
Dogwood
Some type of Solomon's Seal?
& I don't have a clue what the last one is!
Flyguy posted
Blue Eyed Grass
Harebells / Bluebells
Cinquefoil
Skinnydipper posted
Blue-eyed Grass
I don't know!
Red Heather
another I don't know
Skunk Cabbage
Brown-eyed Susans
Ox-eyed Daisys
Moss Campion
Poppies
Here's another Alberta orchid:
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03-11-2012, 10:21 PM
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A couple of more before I turn in
Alberta catcus from Blood Knife Park
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03-11-2012, 10:43 PM
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I figured I'd wait and see if someone else could identify it since, as you can see, I already knew what it was.
But here are a few I haven't been able to identify.
This first one is tiny, maybe two inches tall. I found it growing in dense forest among Bunchberries and such.
#1
This next one was found growing at the edge of the pavement on hwy 35 north of Manning. The plant was about 8 inches tall and looked like a round mound of green with these little flowers poking out of it.
#2
This plant was growing in soggy ground at the edge of a dugout.
#3
Now to flower I do know, but hopefully ones that most do not recognize.
Let's see who can identify these.
#4
#5
#6 - this is not what you think it is -
#7
#8
#9
#10
#11
#12
Almost all of these were taken with my old Point and shoot camera so the quality isn't that good.
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03-11-2012, 11:31 PM
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You've got some tough ones there Keg, and I don't have my best reference books handy - but I'll have a go at them:
#1 The aptly named 'Twinflower'
#2 ??
#3 Western Meadow Rue?
#4 ??
#5 an orchid - either Rattlesnake Plantain or Northern Green Bog Orchid
#6 Kidney-leaved violet?
#7 is that a white Fireweed?
#8 ??
#9 some sort of saxifrage? - maybe Wedge-leaf saxifrage?
#10 some sort of Primrose?
#11 a Yellow Hawksbeard
#12 tremendous blooms! - Bog Orchid?
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#1 Twinflower, I believe. #11 is Goatsbeard aka salsify (thumper was close ), #7definitely looks like fireweed.
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03-11-2012, 11:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thumper
You've got some tough ones there Keg, and I don't have my best reference books handy - but I'll have a go at them:
#1 The aptly named 'Twinflower'
#2 ??
#3 Western Meadow Rue?
#4 ??
#5 an orchid - either Rattlesnake Plantain or Northern Green Bog Orchid
#6 Kidney-leaved violet?
#7 is that a white Fireweed?
#8 ??
#9 some sort of saxifrage? - maybe Wedge-leaf saxifrage?
#10 some sort of Primrose?
#11 a Yellow Hawksbeard
#12 tremendous blooms! - Bog Orchid?
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So it is. I couldn't find it in my books, but a google search of that name shows the same flower. Thanks.
I think you may have #3, Seems right to me, thanks, that one has bugged me for years.
#5 is a Northern Green Bog Orchid
You got #6 and #7
#9 you missed
#10 you are on the right track, but not quiet there.
#11 you got
#12, not a orchid. It's a member of the Figwort family.
here's another clue
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Ah - your #12 ia an Elephant-head flower!
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Sooooo ppppreeetttyyyy!!!!
Yeah! Such beautiful pics from everyone! I love taking flower pics too!! Makes the hike so much nicer (and lets me catch my breath)! Also helps me ID flowers that I dont know. Went to the AWESOME waterton Wildflower festival last year. Highly recommended for those of us who luv flowers....
Here are some of mine from the Canon point and shoot ...
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03-12-2012, 03:57 PM
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Maybe a couple more
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03-12-2012, 05:01 PM
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A few more
On thr lupen fide the wee little orange bug.I love this thead!!!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thumper
That's quite the bouquet of wildflowers!
Now to identify them,,, my guesses are:
My first two were Calypso Orchids - also called Venus Slippers
CLB posted
Forget-me-nots
Bluebells - also called Harebells
Wood Lilies
Ggeorge posted
Shooting Stars
& a domestic flower?
Bushmaster - a great bunch of Wood Lilies
BBT posted
Wild Rose
Saskatoon Berry (?)
Jacobs Ladder
Chickweed - also called 'Mouse-ears'
Indian Paintbrish - with Scorpionweed in the background
A Milberts Tortoiseshell buttefly on a Smooth Fleabane bloom
Blue Flax
Prairie Crocus
2tollers posted
Kinnininic or Labrador Tea?
Wild Blue Flag Iris
Dogwood
Some type of Solomon's Seal?
& I don't have a clue what the last one is!
Flyguy posted
Blue Eyed Grass
Harebells / Bluebells
Cinquefoil
Skinnydipper posted
Blue-eyed Grass
I don't know!
Red Heather
another I don't know
Skunk Cabbage
Brown-eyed Susans
Ox-eyed Daisys
Moss Campion
Poppies
Here's another Alberta orchid:
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What book do I buy to get the best bang for my buck in identifying these flowers. Do you use a key?
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03-12-2012, 06:12 PM
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Mr. greylynx, this has ALWAYS been on of my favorites:
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That first one is Calypso bulbosa.
You can find bumble bees carrying it's pollinia on it's back in the spring.
They look like paired little yellow kidneys.
Very cool.
What size of lenses are best for flower portraits?
I'll add some pics when I get home from slaying some monster burbs.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thumper
Ah - your #12 ia an Elephant-head flower!
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Correct! They are also called Little Red Elephant.
And I was half asleep last night. I suspect you were as well because you said #11 was Yellow Hawksbeard and I agreed. But it is entirely different. It is Goats Beard.
The others are;
#2 unknown, possibly a member of the wild geranium family.
#4 Jacobs ladder
#8 Water Arum
#9 Grass of Parnassus
#10 Mealy Primrose
my second post, for the few who are just learning about wild flowers,
Are;
Water Smartweed
Wood Lily
Marsh Marigold
And, Wild Cranberry also known as Pembina Cranberry or High Bush Cranberry.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by doetracks
#1 Twinflower, I believe. #11 is Goatsbeard aka salsify (thumper was close ), #7definitely looks like fireweed.
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#11 is Goats Beard. I was half asleep last night.
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Thumper, I don't recognize any of those flowers except possibly your #5.
It looks like a Wind Flower to me.
Your Orchid is definitely not something I have seen before.
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Here's a couple of common ones.
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