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Ixora
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Torch Ginger / Etlingera eliator, Trinidad
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Artichoke, Saskatoon Farm
Splash of colour, Trinidad
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Lotus seedpod, Nariva Swamp afternoon, Trinidad
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American Robin's egg on the ground
Aphelandra sinclairiana, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
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Tall Lungwort
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Mariposa Lily
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Larch in fall colour
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Puffballs on Plateau Mountain
False Dandelion / Agoseris glauca
A fine network of cells - maybe Arcyria obvelata?
Rusty Gilled Polypore / Gloeophyllum sepiarium
Yesterday's find
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Three insect species on a single flower
Strap/Coral Club / Clavariadelphus ligula
Reindeer lichen
Look into my eyes
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Growing amongst the mosses
Dragonfly in Southern Alberta - a Flame Skimmer?
Why I would never eat wild mushrooms : )
Gathering in the forest
An odd colour in nature
False Morel fungus
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Aspen Roughstem Bolete / Leccinum insigne
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A garden in the forest
A fun find
A cute little cluster
Yellow Columbine
Cream and wine-coloured
Yellow Avens / Geum aleppicum
Pinedrops / Pterospora - rare
Fungi family
Popular with the flies
Northern Gentian
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Beauty in the forest
Gaillardia with little visitor
Yellow Owl's-clover / Orthocarpus luteus
Paintbrush - green flowers, red bracts
Fly Agaric / Amanita muscaria
Loved by Monarch butterflies
Large, fat-stalked mushroom
Memorial Rose for Carl Handfield
Strange, tall-stalked fungus
Slime mold
Goat's-beard
Scabious growing in the wild
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Snake's head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris
I always love to see these amazing Fritillary flowers in the spring. They make me think of little stained-glass, hanging lampshades : ) There are various common names for this flower, some of which I have included in my tags. Taken at the Reader Rock Garden, when I called in after a volunteer shift on 27 April 2016. The sun was peeping through the clouds, so I decided to call in at the garden.
There was a reasonable number of plants in bloom, including a scattering of brightly coloured Tulips. I wasn't sure if I was going to be too early or too late for Tulips, especially as this year has so far been most unusual, weatherwise. There was also a bush of gorgeous pink Hellebore flowers, hanging their heads as they tend to do. There was enough colour and variety of plants to make this visit worthwhile - and I knew it should only get better and better with the coming weeks.
"Fritillaria meleagris is a Eurasian species of flowering plant in the lily family. Its common names include snake's head fritillary, snake's head (the original English name), chess flower, frog-cup, guinea-hen flower, guinea flower, leper lily (because its shape resembled the bell once carried by lepers), Lazarus bell, chequered lily, chequered daffodil, drooping tulip or, in northern Europe, simply fritillary." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritillaria_meleagris
There was a reasonable number of plants in bloom, including a scattering of brightly coloured Tulips. I wasn't sure if I was going to be too early or too late for Tulips, especially as this year has so far been most unusual, weatherwise. There was also a bush of gorgeous pink Hellebore flowers, hanging their heads as they tend to do. There was enough colour and variety of plants to make this visit worthwhile - and I knew it should only get better and better with the coming weeks.
"Fritillaria meleagris is a Eurasian species of flowering plant in the lily family. Its common names include snake's head fritillary, snake's head (the original English name), chess flower, frog-cup, guinea-hen flower, guinea flower, leper lily (because its shape resembled the bell once carried by lepers), Lazarus bell, chequered lily, chequered daffodil, drooping tulip or, in northern Europe, simply fritillary." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritillaria_meleagris
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