May 24, 2017
15 Comments »
RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI
- Comment
- Reblog
-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Montana Outdoors
Color YELLOW signifies AUSPICIOUSNESS. Congrats. Thanks.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Comment by nvsubbaraman — May 24, 2017 @ 10:21 pm
Thank you!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — May 25, 2017 @ 6:10 pm
Thanks for always giving the scientific names too. I like to see what is blooming in MT and compare it with ID. I think we are a bit behind. Can you state what kind of camera you use and if you have a close up lens, just curious. Thanks for sharing these great pictures.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Comment by Anonymous — May 25, 2017 @ 8:04 am
I use two cameras. One is a Nikon D80 and for that I have a 60mm close-up lens that I just love. It produces the best quality! The one that I have been using most lately is Nikon 1 J5 using just a regular10-30mm lens with a 10mm extension tube for very small flowers. The D80 weighs over 2 lbs and the J5 only half a pound, so I use it a lot, especially for the more strenuous hikes.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — May 25, 2017 @ 6:16 pm
I didn’t know that and have never seen one. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, along comes Montucky to enlighten you. Thanks.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Comment by wordsfromanneli — May 25, 2017 @ 9:31 am
They aren’t exactly rare, but not nearly a plentiful as the red ones. This one is more true yellow than any I have seen before, and interestingly, it is growing within the area of last summer’s Copper King fire.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Comment by montucky — May 25, 2017 @ 6:18 pm
I didn’t know that. I think I like the red better but it’s still a pretty flower!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Comment by New Hampshire Garden Solutions — May 25, 2017 @ 3:10 pm
I like the red much better and the orange also. There is one that grows only in a small area of Washington state, Castilleja ambigua, which has both bright yellow and white on its top. I’d love to see that one!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Comment by montucky — May 25, 2017 @ 6:20 pm
It’s hard to not want to see a flower that you know is out there. It happens to me all the time.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Comment by New Hampshire Garden Solutions — May 25, 2017 @ 6:26 pm
Our Texas variety occasional pops up in yellow or white, and sometimes red. The red/maroon has been cultivated by the experts at Texas A&M, since their school colors are maroon and white, but I haven’t seen it in the wild. That yellow and white combo sounds wonderful. It’s such fun to look and look for a flower, and then have it suddenly “there.” I looked for our white prickly poppies seemingly forever, and then finally found some. Once I did, I saw them everywhere! Maybe your Castilleja ambigua will show up in your area. Once would be enough! (And that name is hilarious.)
LikeLiked by 1 person
Comment by shoreacres — May 25, 2017 @ 8:28 pm
There are several wildflowers native to this area that I haven’t yet seen, but I seem to come across a few every year that are new to me. Today I took a quick count and found that I have photographed 8 different species of wild orchids, but I can’t remember seeing more than four of them in a single year. Problem is, I can’t be everywhere at the same time, much as I might try.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — May 25, 2017 @ 8:39 pm
That, I understand. There are so many places that I’d like to go, just to see what I can see — but if I go west, I can’ t go east, and so on. Still, the beauty of it is that no matter where we end up, there’s something to see!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Comment by shoreacres — May 25, 2017 @ 8:42 pm
And the only mistake we could make would be to not go.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Comment by montucky — May 25, 2017 @ 9:21 pm
I don’t think I’ve ever seen it in yellow.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Comment by Candace — May 26, 2017 @ 6:35 pm
They are much less common than the red ones. This one has the most yellow of any I’ve seen.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Comment by montucky — May 26, 2017 @ 7:06 pm