Monday, August 07, 2006

Colors of Summer


Bellflower (Campanula americana)


Yellow Fringed Orchid (Platanthera ciliaris)


Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum)


Spider Lily (Hymenocallis occidentalis)


One of those yellow flowers (dontknowenuf stuffidus)

8 comments:

  1. beautiful! hmm. i see that the genus 'dontknowenuf stuffidus' has a wide variety - i've got some red ones here.

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  2. Glad to see that it is still blooming beautifully there!

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  3. Anonymous5:17 PM

    Hm. I can't tell from the scale, but I wonder if dontknowenuf might be Coreopsis of some kind [and thus do I display my loud ignorance for all to see].

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  4. Beautiful, I used to own a swampy pineland that had the yellow fringed orchids on it. They were a favorite.

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  5. CTR, it is something related to that, probably. One of the sunflowers maybe... but there are just so dang many of them that are so similar.

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  6. FC, somebody brought me this one from a rescue site. I don't really have an idea place for it but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will do ok where I've put it.

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  7. My guess for your yellow flower is that it's a Rudbeckia of some kind. Probably either Rudbeckia laciniata (Tall Coneflower) or Rudbeckia triloba (Thin-leaved Coneflower). Do you know if either grow in your area?

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  8. They both do, along with other Rudbeckia. Could also be a type of Silphium, Helianthus, Coreopsis, or Heterotheca. I have to admit that summer flowers just don't conjure the same excitement for me as the spring varieties do. I think it's the humidity.

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