flowers gone wild!

[Wicked Dark]

hiked up Mt. Waternomee yesterday in a quest to find the B18 bomber wreckage from 1942 (we did eventually find it), but stopped along the way to photograph trout lilies and trillium. I have never seen so many of either species and it was as though they were lining the trail cheering us up the steep slope.

a row of purple trillium not yet opened


a purple trillium crashing the trout lily party


they're so named trout lily because of the unusual mottled leaves, the blooms last about a week and the whole plant, leaves and all, dies back until the following spring


the profusion of trout lilies was really a sight to behold, they covered huge swaths of the hillside, they're about 6-8" tall and 1-1 1/2 inches wide.


Painted trillium


anyway...still processing photos of the plane wreckage and the giant waterfall on Walker brook.

[Marko]

Nice set WD!

[Iguanasan]

I always enjoy looking at some pretty posies. Good set you have here, WD.

(Keep your comments to yourself, MA )

[Rinkdaddy]

I have a picture of a trout lilly but didn't know what it was so thanks for posting it.

[Wicked Dark]

hey cool, glad to be of service.

[Bambi]

these are lovely WD. thank you!

[JAS_Photo]

Lovely set!

[Wicked Dark]

thanks guys. I sure am a slow hiker now!

[Hillbillygirl]

Beautiful pics WD.
Have to agree. Hiking sure takes a lot longer with so many stops now.