[Leica] IMG: Wednesday Weeds Puzzle

[Douglas Sharp]

Could well be a blue mistflower

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conoclinium_coelestinum
http://johnwagman.com/rgvnp/Crucita%20or%20Blue%20Mistflower%20-%20Chromolaena%20odorata/

Douglas

On 05.09.2018 22:00, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> I can't help you with ID but we have cultivated this plant as a late summer
> bloom by our driveway.  As to color, mine appears to be a high IR reflector
> so different sensors will show different colors.
>
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2018, 3:01 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>
>> During the past several days, a cluster has appeared and bloomed
>> alongside my roadside screen of bushes.  I have not been able to
>> identify the plant.  Google photos indicate a possible Mexican connection.
>>
>> The thing that puzzles me is that, when I observe the plant with the
>> naked eye, the bloom color is pale blue.  When I took closeups with the
>> X-T2, all of the images came out pink.  When I took the Oly E-1 out to
>> get the full cluster, the blooms appeared almost white.
>>
>> I have moved sliders with wild abandon to get images that resemble what
>> my eyes see.
>>
>> But, I still can't identify the plant, or the reason for the peculiar
>> rendering of the color.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180905-P9057390.JPG.html
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180904-DSCF9691.JPG.html
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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