Tag Archives: native wildflower
06.15.2021 Mission Accomplished
Yesterday morning began with thundershowers before dawn and then more later in the morning. Later for me, probably still early for most everyone else. We need the rain so no complaints. But when I visited some favorite spots for mountain … Continue reading
06.10.2021 Just this one…
When I walked into MacLeod Field (I only recently learned the actual name of what I have been calling Lawrence Swamp wet meadow) early last Saturday morning I didn’t expect to find orchids that early in the month but felt … Continue reading
06/05/2021 Saturday Night Extra
This morning I visited the wet meadow where I often find two species of native orchids. But…usually they are not in flower until mid-June. I was lucky and found both flowering early albeit the Grass Pink which will follow was … Continue reading
06.05.2021 Frostless Frostweed
I have never seen the frost curls with this plant in the autumn as another species with the same name puts forth. I regularly find the flowers in Quabbin Park and these get mowed down with the grass once flowering … Continue reading
06.04.2021 Friday Night Flower Night
Here’s a little Eastern Blue-eyed Grass-Sisyrinchium atlanticum to get the weekend started. It’s “eye” is not blue, the petals are not blue but purple toned, and the plant isn’t a grass at all but a member of the iris family. … Continue reading
05.31.2021 Macro Monday the second
On the 21st, while photographing the Painted Trilliums I have recently shared, I noticed this little bug on one petal. I sort of identified it, or maybe entirely, as an Evacanthus leafhopper larva. The doubt comes from whether that is … Continue reading
05.31.2021 Macro Monday-White Pink Lady’s Slipper
So far the only white Cypripedium acaule I have found this year. In the past several years there have been a few in the spot where I found the Pink pair that I posted last week but none at that … Continue reading
05.29.2021 More of the Yellow Lady’s Slippers
I don’t think I’ll be posting quite as many of these as I do of the Painted Trilliums, but I guess it depends on how many I come across. These are on another private property location shared with me by … Continue reading
05.27.2021 Trillium Thursday
I know last night might have been a little misleading with the “eve’ title. I only had the one shot to share…well lots but basically all the same…so today it is back to the Trilliums but with a new species … Continue reading
05.25.2021 Trillium Tuesday
Painted Trillium once more. The second posted of this year. I can’t say there won’t be more. 🙂
