[Leica] IMG: Wednesday Weeds Puzzle

[Jim Nichols]

Hi Douglas,

I think you nailed it pretty well.  While not exactly the same, I found 
an  online add with a photo that certainly looks like a domesticated 
version.

Thanks for helping out.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/5/2018 4:45 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote:
> 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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