Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >