In honor of the First Day of Spring, I thought I would return to posting my thread of America’s Wildflowers on the Road in a Truck Camper. The last time we did this was more than 2 years ago so it is long overdue. At least for those of us that search out and enjoy the wildflowers in this grand country we live in.
Hopefully many of you will find this as a challenge to post here too! Your discoveries and your favorite flowers you see and enjoy while traveling in your truck Campers. The rules? There is only one, please keep the flowers you post here ones that are not in a yard or any formal flower garden. Yes, a wildflower bed would be fine, but not one you found in the flower section of the Home Depot.
Ahh, yes, for those two that mentioned that this was not TC content, before, understand that we are enjoying these wildflowers as much as you enjoy the museums, the fishing pictures, boat pictures and an occasional horse shows. Because I enjoy all those, as well.
Please post your favorite Wildflower pictures here too!!!
But, for Truck Camper content, I will open with one I captured on a past photography hunt, with a good buddy that brought his own camera along, too.
Desert Five-Spot Ermalche rotundifolia
Claret-Cup Cactus Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Saguaro Cactus Carnegiea gigantea
Prairie Wild Rose Rosa arkansaa
Dune Evening Primrose ~ Oenothera californica eurekens
Sunflower Helianthus annuus
Canadian Thistle Cirsium arvense
Those that know me know that I have hundreds of Wildflowers to post. But, how about some of you post some of your favorite wildflower photos too. Just a change in how we post here. Like my previous wildflowers thread, surprise me!
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Hopefully many of you will find this as a challenge to post here too! Your discoveries and your favorite flowers you see and enjoy while traveling in your truck Campers. The rules? There is only one, please keep the flowers you post here ones that are not in a yard or any formal flower garden. Yes, a wildflower bed would be fine, but not one you found in the flower section of the Home Depot.
Ahh, yes, for those two that mentioned that this was not TC content, before, understand that we are enjoying these wildflowers as much as you enjoy the museums, the fishing pictures, boat pictures and an occasional horse shows. Because I enjoy all those, as well.
Please post your favorite Wildflower pictures here too!!!
But, for Truck Camper content, I will open with one I captured on a past photography hunt, with a good buddy that brought his own camera along, too.
Desert Five-Spot Ermalche rotundifolia
Claret-Cup Cactus Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Saguaro Cactus Carnegiea gigantea
Prairie Wild Rose Rosa arkansaa
Dune Evening Primrose ~ Oenothera californica eurekens
Sunflower Helianthus annuus
Canadian Thistle Cirsium arvense
Those that know me know that I have hundreds of Wildflowers to post. But, how about some of you post some of your favorite wildflower photos too. Just a change in how we post here. Like my previous wildflowers thread, surprise me!
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RenoAl wrote:RenoAl. What a treat to hear from you and see some of your photos. Thanks too.
Brian, good thread and lovely photos from all. A couple from me.
Chuckwallicus among unblooming desert gold
Like you I am fascinated with lizards, as well. The largest part of their diet can be plants. Often the blooms too. Some reptiles the only water they consume is from the plants the eat. Here is a Mojave Fringed Toed Lizard ~ Uma scoparia I tracked for two days before catching a couple of photos. Here was almost 18 inches long.
Then, of course, you have other species that consume wildflowers. Like this caterpillar I came across in Mt Rainier National Park. Anyone know what it might be?
What about butterflies? Anyone have any of those as well?
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cdbinns wrote:you are absolutely right in how intricate and detailed these can be. Even though we often played with them as children. Then you have another species, non native, popping up in many areas due to road and highway projects, like the; Western Salsify ~ Tragopogon Dubius
Here's a favorite. I know most people consider them a pesky weed, but when you look at them closely, they really are beautiful.
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Snow Plants are certainly acceptable on the Wildflowers Thread. I too was amazed the first time I saw them, while on my motorcycle riding through Lassen Volcanic National Park, in 2012.
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Dodder is pretty, at least to the small child I was when I first remember seeing it. I used to pick bits while walking home from school and then scatter them. When I found out it was a parasite, I felt like I might have been a plant murderer by scattering.
Yes, dodder does feel like soft plastic. It doesn't look quite real, as though perhaps some tourist child had attacked the plant with orange silly string.
Many years later, when I saw some in my vegetable garden and consulted the UC Ag advisor about getting rid of it, I found that it has very small flowers which make seeds which are often scattered by birds or wind.
Here is a photo of dodder flowers:
Here are some beautiful snow plants, also parasites. We cannot leave them out. Parasites are wildflowers, too. Right?
Yes, dodder does feel like soft plastic. It doesn't look quite real, as though perhaps some tourist child had attacked the plant with orange silly string.
Many years later, when I saw some in my vegetable garden and consulted the UC Ag advisor about getting rid of it, I found that it has very small flowers which make seeds which are often scattered by birds or wind.
Here is a photo of dodder flowers:
Here are some beautiful snow plants, also parasites. We cannot leave them out. Parasites are wildflowers, too. Right?
