Monday, April 27, 2009
Chorizanthe fimbriata - Fringed Spineflower
Okay, so that last post wasn't a very showy plant, so here is another small Chorizanthe that has pretty pink fringed flowers. Chorizanthe fimbriata - Fringed Spineflower
Monday, April 6, 2009
Chorizanthe Orcuttiana
Easily overlooked and and ephemeral is the Orcutt's Spineflower[Chorizanthe orcuttiana Parry].
This plant was not seen for 51 years and was once thought to be extinct.wiki page
This is an endangered Chorizanthe orcuttiana in all her glory:
This species is anomalous in that it's perianths are included in the involucre and it is cleistogamous(there are no visible flowers, it appears flowerless). Due to that I would guess that it has withdrawn from the pollination game. Without a known symbiont it has become lonely and rare. It surely existed during the 51 years between sightings but was overlooked or simply nobody was looking for it. On Sunday I counted ("Botanical Transect Monitoring") 298 of these in one of the two locations it grows. In wetter years the numbers would be higher.
Here is one growing with another more common Chorizanthe species which has more points per involucre than the three which the orcuttiana has. Also the other species has external flowers, one is visable in the picture.
Some Chorizanthe species like C. fimbriata that grows in my neighborhood even have showy (but small) flowers.
There must be something overlooked by the general public that is special to you, no? There are hidden things out there that you might know about. What are they?
This plant was not seen for 51 years and was once thought to be extinct.wiki page
This is an endangered Chorizanthe orcuttiana in all her glory:
This species is anomalous in that it's perianths are included in the involucre and it is cleistogamous(there are no visible flowers, it appears flowerless). Due to that I would guess that it has withdrawn from the pollination game. Without a known symbiont it has become lonely and rare. It surely existed during the 51 years between sightings but was overlooked or simply nobody was looking for it. On Sunday I counted ("Botanical Transect Monitoring") 298 of these in one of the two locations it grows. In wetter years the numbers would be higher.
Here is one growing with another more common Chorizanthe species which has more points per involucre than the three which the orcuttiana has. Also the other species has external flowers, one is visable in the picture.
Some Chorizanthe species like C. fimbriata that grows in my neighborhood even have showy (but small) flowers.
There must be something overlooked by the general public that is special to you, no? There are hidden things out there that you might know about. What are they?
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