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Montana Outdoors
Hairy little thing!
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — June 5, 2017 @ 10:08 pm
I wonder about their purpose and also that particular color.
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Comment by montucky — June 6, 2017 @ 6:47 am
Maybe to brush the pollen off the bees’ knees when they come visiting from other flowers? It is a beautiful maroon colour and very striking against the white (good for attracting pollinators).
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — June 6, 2017 @ 8:49 am
Really elegant! Congrats and thanks.
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Comment by nvsubbaraman — June 5, 2017 @ 11:31 pm
Yes. Whoever named it liked it!
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Comment by montucky — June 6, 2017 @ 6:48 am
Thank you! This is a new colour of mariposa lily for me, and very welcome. She’s a beauty, as always.
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Comment by Harold Rhenisch — June 6, 2017 @ 7:11 am
I haven’t found this one to be widespread. I first saw it in the Coeur d’Alene Mountains, but this one was in the Cabinets just across the river.
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Comment by montucky — June 6, 2017 @ 7:39 am
Such an interesting flower. Love the coloring of this one.
Again, you are ahead of flowers here.
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Comment by Tammie — June 6, 2017 @ 8:14 am
It’s a very unusual year. Lots of the flowers are blooming out of their normal sequence so I don’t know what to expect. The Bear Grass is abundant so far at between 4,000 feet and 4,400 feet. Hasn’t gone further up yet.
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Comment by montucky — June 6, 2017 @ 10:31 am
My wife says beautiful
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Comment by John Purdy — June 6, 2017 @ 12:55 pm
I think they are too!
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Comment by montucky — June 6, 2017 @ 1:41 pm
BEAUTIFUL! I know how hard those things are to photograph!
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Comment by Anonymous — June 6, 2017 @ 2:12 pm
Thanks! Luckily it was cloudy, which gave me control over the light.
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Comment by montucky — June 6, 2017 @ 2:50 pm
Wow, that sure is hairy! They must bloom in the cold. A lot of hairy plants here are one’s that bloom in early spring when it’s cold, like hepatica.
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Comment by New Hampshire Garden Solutions — June 6, 2017 @ 3:15 pm
I don’t understand what the purpose of the “hair” is. They bloom starting in early June and on through the summer, and they like the sun and a rather dry environment. I also don’t understand the hair color; some have white hair. It may be an arrangement they have with their pollinators.
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Comment by montucky — June 6, 2017 @ 3:26 pm
I’ve always thought the hairs kept them warm but I don’t think anyone really knows for sure.
Why flowers have certain colors is a mystery to me as well, but I’d say it’s a good bet that it has something to do with continuation of the species.
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Comment by New Hampshire Garden Solutions — June 6, 2017 @ 5:00 pm
That’s your fave! Very striking.
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Comment by Candace — June 6, 2017 @ 6:53 pm
Yes, isn’t it pretty!
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Comment by montucky — June 6, 2017 @ 7:33 pm
So elegant. That rich, rich color certainly would attract me if I were a pollinator. And I suppose the white helps, too, particularly in a dark wood. It is a beautiful thing.
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Comment by shoreacres — June 6, 2017 @ 10:00 pm
I think this is the prettiest of the Mariposa Lilies, or at least the ones that I’ve seen.
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Comment by montucky — June 6, 2017 @ 11:41 pm
Hairy but so very elegant! 🙂
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Comment by Julie@frogpondfarm — June 9, 2017 @ 11:18 pm
They are. I wonder what they look like through the eyes of their pollinators.
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Comment by montucky — June 10, 2017 @ 6:55 am