April 13, 2013
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Montana Outdoors
It’s a beauty, and if it’s near a lake, there might be an insect hatch on, judging by the little critter crawling on one of the flowers.
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — April 13, 2013 @ 11:20 pm
We have a surprising number of insects around already; no mosquitos yet though (yay!). Also some early butterflys.
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Comment by montucky — April 13, 2013 @ 11:38 pm
That’s good for the flowers and tree blossoms. Maybe there’ll be more fruit this year.
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — April 13, 2013 @ 11:39 pm
And for many of the birds.
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Comment by montucky — April 13, 2013 @ 11:52 pm
Oh right!
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — April 13, 2013 @ 11:58 pm
isn’t that pretty & very intricate =)
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Comment by Tricia — April 14, 2013 @ 12:17 am
Wouldn’t it be interesting to know how that structure came about and what makes it successful?
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Comment by montucky — April 14, 2013 @ 12:22 am
That is a beautiful little flower, and I love the meaning of its name! No spring snowflakes here – driving rain and strong winds (but we’ve had no real rain for about four weeks).
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Comment by Jo Woolf — April 14, 2013 @ 12:40 am
I was a favorite when I was a child and still brings pleasure when it appears in the spring. It also grows at a wide range of elevations and a huge variety of conditions.
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Comment by montucky — April 14, 2013 @ 8:20 am
Very nice flower.
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Comment by bentehaarstad — April 14, 2013 @ 4:14 am
Thanks Bente. I think it is very pretty.
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Comment by montucky — April 14, 2013 @ 8:21 am
That’s a beauty! It’s surprising to see something so beautiful blooming so early.
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Comment by New Hampshire Gardener — April 14, 2013 @ 5:14 am
It is more complex than most of the very early bloomers, but it’s quite small.
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Comment by montucky — April 14, 2013 @ 8:22 am
Well! It’s been a long time since I’ve thought of “dodecahedron”! It’s just not a word I have much use for, but I loved the reminder from this lovely flower’s scientific name. I never fail to be impressed by the complexity of some of these flowers or the vividness of their colors. They certainly do catch the eye!
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Comment by shoreacres — April 14, 2013 @ 5:49 am
And the sheer number of species. I recently completed a project with my wildflower photo library and found (among other things) that I have photos of about 230 different species. All of these are found in the area that I seem to cover in my wanderings, about 1,000 square miles, only 1/149th of the total area of Montana.
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Comment by montucky — April 14, 2013 @ 8:26 am
This is one I have never seen. When I laid eyes on it, I thought it sure looks a lot like it belongs to the nightshde family. But I looked it up and found it was not so.
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Comment by jomegat — April 14, 2013 @ 6:49 am
Yes, the blossom does resemble those of the nightshades. I have thought that too.
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Comment by montucky — April 14, 2013 @ 8:27 am
Wow. Absolutely beautiful image and words. May I create a micro-poem from these ideas and use your photo, with attribution given to you, of course
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Comment by Teresa Evangeline — April 14, 2013 @ 7:08 am
Certainly you may, Teresa. I would be honored.
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Comment by montucky — April 14, 2013 @ 8:30 am
Thanks for the promise of spring!
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Comment by Carol — April 14, 2013 @ 7:47 am
Spring is clearly in progress now, even through some rather harsh weather. Amazing what the plants are able to tolerate!
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Comment by montucky — April 14, 2013 @ 8:31 am
lovely!
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Comment by Debby — April 14, 2013 @ 1:24 pm
It has been a favorite for many, many years.
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Comment by montucky — April 14, 2013 @ 7:24 pm
Such an unusual looking flower. Almost looks tropical. Very cool!
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Comment by Mama's Empty Nest — April 14, 2013 @ 3:15 pm
Makes you wonder why that configuration, doesn’t it. They are small, but sometimes you get to see a whole meadow full of them and then they turn the meadow pink.
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Comment by montucky — April 14, 2013 @ 7:26 pm
One of my favorite flowers as well! Very interesting word origin. đŸ™‚
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Comment by twoscamps — April 14, 2013 @ 3:22 pm
It was an old standby for all the kids I knew when I was growing up. There were more flowers then near the towns.
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Comment by montucky — April 14, 2013 @ 7:27 pm
The lower portion of the flower looks like an upside-down candle, don’t you think?
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Comment by Steve Schwartzman — April 14, 2013 @ 4:35 pm
It does! It’s a very ornate construction.
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Comment by montucky — April 14, 2013 @ 7:28 pm
A simply wonderful photograph. Wish I could see it in person!
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Comment by WildBill — April 14, 2013 @ 5:12 pm
I wish you could too, Bill! You would have a great time here when the various wildflowers appear!
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Comment by montucky — April 14, 2013 @ 7:29 pm
That’s really pretty. Have you posted this beauty in years past?
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Comment by kcjewel — April 14, 2013 @ 7:41 pm
Thanks. Yes, I’m sure I have. It’s one of my favorite early flowers.
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Comment by montucky — April 14, 2013 @ 7:51 pm
Seems as though there is late snow a lot of places this year…although maybe this isn’t really late for you. I love seeing these flowers when you post them, they’re so unusual (to me).
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Comment by Candace — April 18, 2013 @ 12:09 am
This is an interesting spring here. It was a little late in the valley but is now in full swing. Higher up it is barely starting and late at that. Today I visited a trillium patch that is usually in full bloom by this time. There were flowers there, but the bloom had barely begun. A mile on up the trail and it was winter.
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Comment by montucky — April 18, 2013 @ 8:18 pm
I like that name, but spring time snow flakes…not so much! đŸ˜‰
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Comment by skouba — April 18, 2013 @ 7:54 pm
Spring snowflakes are standard around here, Stacey. There is a chance of snow in our forecast for Saturday night and Sunday still.
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Comment by montucky — April 18, 2013 @ 8:30 pm
What a beauty which is not in Finland. I admire Your ability to make observations of nature and then to shoot terrific photos from them.
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Comment by Sartenada — April 18, 2013 @ 11:30 pm
Thanks Matti. I am always pleased when you like the wildflowers. They just don’t get all of the attention that they deserve.
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Comment by montucky — April 19, 2013 @ 9:06 pm
Looks like nature’s paintbrush! đŸ™‚
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Comment by Val — April 23, 2013 @ 3:42 pm
With all of the colors? Yes!
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Comment by montucky — April 23, 2013 @ 8:53 pm