At 8:15 am on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, it was 65 °F on Main Street in Franklin, NC.
Showing posts with label Flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flowers. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Friday, July 15, 2011
Purple Flower at the Macon County Library
Is this an echinacea purpurea?
There is a gorgeous stand of these flowers outside the Macon County Public Library.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Friday, May 21, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
WCU Cherry Blossoms
I shot this video last year of the Cherry Blossoms on the campus of Western Carolina University. Unfortunately, I was busy this year and didn't have the time to stop and check them out. Maybe next year I'll make time for it...
Friday, April 9, 2010
Super Bright Yellow Dahlias
These things were so bright that they might be related to the sun-flower in Larry Niven's Ringworld series. I didn't stick around to find out when the sun came out.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Pollinating the Orange Jewelweed
I've been enjoying watching the bees and other insects pollinate the Orange Jewelweed in my backyard, but have been unable to catch a glimpse of the hummingbirds doing the same. I've seen them fly way upon my approach, but these birds are so much more skittish than even Cardinals, that I despair of ever capturing them for the camera unless I set up feeders specifically for them. I grew up knowing the flowers under the name of Touch-me-not because of the way the ripe seedpods (they resemble the seedpods of green beans, but much smaller) burst open when you touch them. I'll try to capture that at a later time.
Here is a bit from Wikipedia regarding the flower, known in scientific and botanical circles as Impatiens capensis:
Impatiens capensis, the Orange Jewelweed, Common Jewelweed, Spotted Jewelweed or Orange Balsam, is an annual plant native to North America. It is common in bottomland soils, ditches, and along creeks, often growing side-by-side with its less common relative, Yellow Jewelweed (I. pallida).
The flowers are orange with a three-lobed corolla; one of the calyx lobes is colored similarly to the corolla and forms a hooked conical spur at the back of the flower. The stems are somewhat translucent, succulent and have swollen or darkened nodes. The seed pods are pendant and have projectile seeds that explode out of the pods when they are lightly touched, if ripe, which is where the name touch-me-not comes from. Along with other species of jewelweed it is a traditional remedy for skin rashes, although controlled studies have not shown efficacy for this purpose.
The species name "capensis", meaning "of the cape", is actually a misnomer, as Nicolaas Meerburgh was under the mistaken impression that it was native to the Cape of Good Hope, in southern Africa [1]
Impatiens capensis was transported in the 19th and 20th by humans to England, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Finland, and potentially other areas of Northern and Central Europe. These naturalized populations persist in the absence of any common cultivation by people. This jewelweed species is quite similar to Impatiens noli-tangere, an Impatiens species native to Europe and Asia, as well as the other North American Impatiens. No evidence exists of natural hybrids, although the habitats occupied by the two species are very similar.
I don't know why I haven't thought of capturing them on video until yesterday, but there you are, sometimes I am just not in amateur videographer mode...
Next is a video and photos I put together in a montage of Hummingbirds at my grandparents home in Jackson County:
Next is a video and photos I put together in a montage of Hummingbirds at my grandparents home in Jackson County:
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Friday, October 3, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
In Focus: Globe Amaranth
In the flower bed at the traffic circle at Western Carolina University.
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