Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are lots of flowers called spiderwort. The ones that grow here are a bit different. I like their nickname, ?cow slobber.? It comes from the gelatinous sap that flows when you cut the stems. On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 9:00 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Spiderwort is one of its names; it is known as Indain Plant in Central > Texas. These are slightly different as ours prefer an alkaline soil and > most prefer acidic. Just well adapted to the caliche soils here. > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2020, 8:17 PM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > wrote: > > > Are those spiderwort? > > > > On 2020-04-22 5:09 am, Don Dory via LUG wrote: > > > Greetings to all. Most of these three were taken in my front yard. > > > The > > > first one is a perennial that absolutely takes over any space that it > > > is > > > not actively removed. Heavily cropped from a 14mm field of view: > > > > > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/heres+looking+at+you.jpg.html > > > > > > A better view of the takeover of any space not actively defended: > > > > > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/fronting+rose+bush.jpg.html > > > > > > This is back at St Edwards meadow. Taken with a telephoto to provide a > > > different view of a prairie: > > > > > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/yellow+in+a+filed+of+bluebonnets.jpg.html > > > > > > All the best. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA