Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Tennessee Spring Beauty! Perfect. Tina On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Hi Tina, > > After getting your input, and the same from Naturalist Dean Hansen on the > OM list, I went out this morning and took a closer look at the cluster of > flowers. And, if I look really close, I can see very thin grass-like > leaves on the stems. So, it does indeed appear to be some variety of the > Spring Beauty, after all. There are Virginia and Carolina versions, so > perhaps this is the Tennessee version. :-) > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 3/29/2017 9:48 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > >> Very nice. I think the first one might be Virginia Spring Beauty >> (Claytonia virginica) There are lots of similar looking photos if you >> Google it. Some have pink stripes and some have purple. >> >> I'm going to have to get away from the computer and go out in the yard to >> look for spring flowers! >> >> Tina >> >> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 3:52 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> wrote: >> >> With warmer temperatures and lots of rain, my yard is awash in small wild >>> flowers. I was not able to identify this five-pointed bloom, but thought >>> it was nicely marked. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170328-P3287044.JPG.html >>> >>> Growing up in Mississippi, I was always told this was a Confederate >>> Violet. This one is still struggling between a rock and a hard place. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170328-P32870 >>> 58-2.JPG.html >>> >>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >>> >>> -- >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html