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Beautiful. Thanks, Randall. Spent a few days in Maryland last week but was in town the whole time. I took my camera to take some flower shots, but came back short.
Still on the lookout though!
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« Reply #76 on: June 25, 2008, 09:26:20 pm » |
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A couple of shots from the yard. A Turk's turban? and a Lantana (It's easier to take leaf pictures than flower pics!).   Al |
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« Reply #77 on: June 25, 2008, 10:49:04 pm » |
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Can anybody help me ID this cactus? I purchased it years ago at a Cacti show in Fort Worth and I have managed to kill it after 5 years of flowering in a pot in my yard. I want to try and get another one but I'm not sure what it is. I plan on taking the picture with me to the next show but I thought I would share it here as well. The cactus was about the size of a small cantaloupe and as you can see had some wonderful flowers with very feather like petals. The flowers were white but the sun would cause rose-colored highlights to appear. In the words and boring monotone of Ben Stein "Anybody?....Anybody?"   "Oh great one who farts".....looks like some kind of horse crippler to me. I'm prolly wrong, though. Hey, where's all the scientist's on the board when ya need em?  Horse Crippler is an excellent guess: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ECTEAl |
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« Reply #78 on: July 05, 2008, 12:43:00 pm » |
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Texas Purple Sage, Cenizo, Scrophulariaceae Leucophyllum frutescens Guaranteed to bloom after a summer shower.  Final Approach  Mmmm good…  Bottoms up  |
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« Reply #79 on: July 08, 2008, 02:34:04 pm » |
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Here's one from the swamps of East Texas - Caddo Lake
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« Reply #80 on: July 08, 2008, 04:10:06 pm » |
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« Reply #81 on: July 10, 2008, 09:58:13 am » |
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Here are some mediocre flower shots... This one was taken with an old Sigma M42 mount 135mm lens with this bizaro faux macro capability  and these with a somewhat newer no-name 35-70 "CPC Phase 2" (a now defunct Pentax subsidiary - i think)   |
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« Reply #82 on: July 17, 2008, 10:29:18 pm » |
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I was in Houston today on a project and had some spare time before my flight home so I went to San Jacinto State Park. Here's a couple of flower shots. There's more on the park under Other Stuff.   Al |
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« Reply #83 on: July 19, 2008, 02:43:17 pm » |
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New summer-blooming flowers from my neighborhood.  Blazing Star  Violet Ruellia  Betony-Leaf Mistflower |
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« Reply #84 on: August 13, 2008, 02:49:05 pm » |
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Here are some flowers from last weekend in BIBE Plains Blackfoot  Threadleaf Groundsel  Acacia  Hartweg's Evening Primrose       This one looked similar to a wild onion or false garlic, but I couldn't find it in my Northern Chihuahuan desert wildflower book  Scarlet Bouvardia  This one looks like a dragon with it's mouth open and forked tongue sticking out. It even has an eye. Mountain Sage  Snapdragon Maurandya  Ceniza  Big Bend Silverleaf  White-Eye Phlox  Desert Verbena  |
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« Reply #85 on: August 14, 2008, 09:53:16 pm » |
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Simply outstanding! Who would have thought there are so many beautiful flowers in the middle of the desert.
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« Reply #87 on: August 24, 2008, 07:42:21 am » |
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Passion vine bloom taken yesterday...in San Antonio.
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« Reply #88 on: August 24, 2008, 08:43:41 pm » |
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Here are some shots of a claret cup catcus in bloom on the Lost Mine Trail in April, 2006.
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« Reply #89 on: August 27, 2008, 07:46:37 am » |
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