And when I think they are about over…
Elegant Rein Orchid ~ Piperia elegans
Ocean-spray ~ Holodiscus discolor
Brook Cinquefoil ~ Potentilla rivalis
Spreading Dogbane, Apocynum androsaemifolium
Western White Clematis ~ Clematis ligusticifolia
Bering Chickweed, Alpine Chickweed ~ Cerastium beeringianum
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Very nice selection!
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Comment by centralohionature — July 7, 2017 @ 5:23 pm
Thanks. It has been so hot here lately and I have been making short hikes early in the mornings before the temp goes way up, so I collect a photo here and a photo there.
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Comment by montucky — July 7, 2017 @ 8:32 pm
Fantastic. Thanks and congrats.
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Comment by nvsubbaraman — July 7, 2017 @ 6:02 pm
Thank you nvsubbaraman!
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Comment by montucky — July 7, 2017 @ 8:33 pm
Hi Montucky, All are quite beautiful! I like the Dogbane best in the series today. Have a fabulous weekend!
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Comment by wildlifewatcher — July 7, 2017 @ 6:36 pm
FOr such a common and plentiful plant, the dogbane’s flowers are quite pretty. It’s nice to see them just about everywhere in the valley now.
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Comment by montucky — July 7, 2017 @ 8:34 pm
Beautiful. I especially like pearly everlasting. Often I see them on the roadside, blooming about the same time as the fireweed and the pearlies are often making a foot-high border in front of the three-foot-high fireweed. Nature is such a great gardener.
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — July 7, 2017 @ 6:54 pm
The pearly everlasting and the fireweed are just beginning to bloom here now. It’s good to see them.
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Comment by montucky — July 7, 2017 @ 8:36 pm
Love the Elegant Rein Orchid…almost like some of the petals have silver Christmas dust on them.
It really is extraordinary how many flower species bloom at this time of the year in such a wild mountainous region.
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Comment by Vicki — July 7, 2017 @ 7:42 pm
There are five wild orchids here that all have the same physical characteristics but have different blossoms. All grow in spikes up to about a foot and a half tall, the whole stalks being covered with the small blossoms.
I know there are other species in bloom at higher elevations, but while deep snow stopped me from getting there earlier, the daytime heat has stopped me now. The season quickly and dramatically changed. I hope after another week or so the temperatures will get back down to more seasonal levels. It was 39.4 Celsius today.
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Comment by montucky — July 7, 2017 @ 8:45 pm
Wow! That’s hot! Hope it cools down a bit soon. I’m surprised the flowers aren’t wilting in that heat.
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Comment by Vicki — July 8, 2017 @ 6:18 am
For such small, seemingly fragile things, wildflowers are extremely rugged and finely tuned to live in their chosen habitat, and that chosen habitat usually has sharply defined and very narrow limits.
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Comment by montucky — July 8, 2017 @ 7:34 am
The Pearly Everlasting looks like the artificial straw flowers that used to decorate our hats and purses when I was a kid. They’re so pretty. I don’t remember seeing the ocean spray before — what a good name for such a cascading flower.
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Comment by shoreacres — July 7, 2017 @ 8:40 pm
Pearly everlasting is an excellent flower for dried flower arrangements because they last a long time without degrading and retains a good fragrance.
Ocean spray really makes its self known. It is a shrub that grows up to 12 feet tall and the plant had lots of those groups of blossoms. It is beautiful interspersed through the forest!
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Comment by montucky — July 7, 2017 @ 8:55 pm
Nice closeups and detail shots! Always enjoy your posts!
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Comment by Reed Andariese — July 8, 2017 @ 5:23 am
Thanks Reid! There are plenty of pretty subjects.
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Comment by montucky — July 8, 2017 @ 7:30 am
Very nice, Terry…I love that Western Pearly Everlasting…used to see a bunch of that in the Wasatch…..
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Comment by seekraz — July 8, 2017 @ 3:24 pm
It’s just starting now for this season. I think of it as a very comforting flower: it’s beautiful and blooms faithfully every year.
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Comment by montucky — July 8, 2017 @ 6:35 pm
I used to see it in a couple of favorite spots up in the Wasatch….
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Comment by seekraz — August 7, 2017 @ 4:12 pm
Wonderful documentation!!!,
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Comment by Hanna — July 8, 2017 @ 4:01 pm
Thank you Hanna. I often spend more time determining their identification than I do taking their pictures.
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Comment by montucky — July 8, 2017 @ 6:37 pm
That doesn’t surprise me with your description of the species. I’m still surprised by the amounts of flowers you are showing.
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Comment by Hanna — July 9, 2017 @ 11:19 am
I am amazed at the number of species I see in just the small area through which I wander (only about 2,000 square miles). This summer I think I’ve seen only about half of the ones that are here. Just timing.
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Comment by montucky — July 9, 2017 @ 1:07 pm
You know what came to my mind while looking at your photos? That song from The Sound of Music….”the hills are alive with the sound of music” except in my mind I was singing “the hills are alive with a burst of wildflowers.” ♪♫
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Comment by Mama's Empty Nest — July 9, 2017 @ 10:50 am
Those lyrics would be appropriate; they do make the mountains come alive.
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Comment by montucky — July 9, 2017 @ 1:08 pm
Beautiful …
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Comment by Julie@frogpondfarm — July 11, 2017 @ 11:12 pm
Life would not be quite as pleasant without the wildflowers.
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Comment by montucky — July 14, 2017 @ 4:35 pm
Looks like they’re putting on the grand finale for you.
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Comment by Candace — July 14, 2017 @ 1:43 pm
Pretty much so at the valley elevation. High up near the peaks though, many of the spring species are beginning to bloom.
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Comment by montucky — July 14, 2017 @ 4:36 pm