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Montana Outdoors
Sooner or later, you will have photographed all of Montana’s wildflowers.
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Comment by Malcolm R. Campbell — April 16, 2018 @ 2:17 pm
I wish. But Montana’s a big state and I can’t get to all of it. So far I’ve identified a little over 200 species in the small area (about 2,000 square miles) in which I roam.
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Comment by montucky — April 16, 2018 @ 2:22 pm
Lovely!
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Comment by centralohionature — April 16, 2018 @ 3:09 pm
Thanks!
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Comment by montucky — April 16, 2018 @ 3:28 pm
entirely lovely
no flowers here yet……
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Comment by Tammie — April 16, 2018 @ 3:15 pm
Thanks! There are just a few here but I’ve heard that the Glacier Lilies are starting to bloom now
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Comment by montucky — April 16, 2018 @ 3:29 pm
Love that colour! Had to laugh at myself because I thought it was going to be a picture of a bird. (Stork’s bill).
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — April 16, 2018 @ 3:16 pm
I think it is mis-named because the genus erodium comes from “erodios” which is the Greek name for a heron. Seems “Heron’s Bill would be more correct.
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Comment by montucky — April 16, 2018 @ 3:32 pm
That makes sense!
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — April 16, 2018 @ 4:33 pm
You are really close in on this one! Incredible detail of a beautiful flower.
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Comment by Pat — April 16, 2018 @ 3:43 pm
Thanks. Yes, it’s pretty small, about 1/4 inch across.
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Comment by montucky — April 16, 2018 @ 4:23 pm
A delightful wildflower, and the pollen is ready to go. Great photo.
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Comment by Jet Eliot — April 16, 2018 @ 3:48 pm
Thanks Jet. It’s tiny, but pretty and largely ignored.
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Comment by montucky — April 16, 2018 @ 4:25 pm
That’s a beautiful color. We’re seeing mostly white here again!
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Comment by New Hampshire Garden Solutions — April 16, 2018 @ 4:57 pm
Interesting. I’ve never seen a white one.
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Comment by montucky — April 16, 2018 @ 5:01 pm
Sorry, I meant snow white. It’s been snowing all day.
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Comment by New Hampshire Garden Solutions — April 16, 2018 @ 5:14 pm
Oh my! Our passes have a bunch of new show, but the valleys are still clear. Rather cool and no sun yet though.
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Comment by montucky — April 16, 2018 @ 5:49 pm
Gorgeous capture, reaching for the sun’s rays! 🙂
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Comment by bayphotosbydonna — April 16, 2018 @ 6:19 pm
That’s exactly what it’s doing! A lot of “pretty” in a tiny flower.
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Comment by montucky — April 16, 2018 @ 6:28 pm
A quarter-inch across? My goodness. It’s amazing that the can pack that much detail into such a tiny flower. Are those its leaves surrounding it? They’re as interesting as the flower. They look thicker and heavier than the bloom, by far.
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Comment by shoreacres — April 16, 2018 @ 8:24 pm
The leaves are very pretty all by themselves. They are such a pleasant deep green with beautiful texture.
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Comment by montucky — April 16, 2018 @ 8:31 pm
Very pretty. I don’t quite see a heron’s bill but that’s okay.
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Comment by Candace — April 16, 2018 @ 10:19 pm
I don’t see it either. The people who name things sometimes stretch further than I can to make a name fit.
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Comment by montucky — April 16, 2018 @ 10:38 pm
What a lovely sign of Spring. Nice shot too.
Reminds me of our Cranesbill Geranium. I wonder if they’re related in any way.
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Comment by Vicki — April 17, 2018 @ 3:28 am
They probably are. They are both in the geranium family.
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Comment by montucky — April 17, 2018 @ 8:10 am
Amazing color!
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Comment by heartandsoul974 — April 20, 2018 @ 7:45 pm
That’s a lot of flower for its size.
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Comment by montucky — April 20, 2018 @ 7:56 pm
Such a lovely colour .. I have to ask, do you have a garden 🙂
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Comment by Julie@frogpondfarm — April 21, 2018 @ 2:40 pm
I have not for several years, other than a few tomatoes. Nearly all of my flower pictures are taken in the wild, usually the National Forests.
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Comment by montucky — April 21, 2018 @ 3:16 pm
Again so beautiful flower. Than You showing it.
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Comment by Sartenada — April 24, 2018 @ 12:46 am
I agree. It’s a very pretty little flower. So small though.
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Comment by montucky — April 24, 2018 @ 9:52 am
Now we’ve both billed a stork’s bill in a post.
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Comment by Steve Schwartzman — April 24, 2018 @ 4:46 am
We have. The difference in the color is interesting.
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Comment by montucky — April 24, 2018 @ 9:52 am
exquisite clarity in your portrait!
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Comment by Tammie — April 26, 2018 @ 4:38 pm
Thanks! Well, it stayed very still for me and I have also devised a sort of tripod with an adjustable head and 4 inch legs that gives me a steady shot (usually with my mustache in the dirt).
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Comment by montucky — April 26, 2018 @ 5:03 pm