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flowers gone wild!
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
http://wickeddark.smugmug.com/Nature...87_Am5aC-L.jpg
a purple trillium crashing the trout lily party
http://wickeddark.smugmug.com/Nature...82_AxcuN-L.jpg
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
http://wickeddark.smugmug.com/Nature...10_2Pw97-L.jpg
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.
http://wickeddark.smugmug.com/Nature...61_yE2Te-L.jpg
Painted trillium
http://wickeddark.smugmug.com/Nature...49_nkoES-L.jpg
anyway...still processing photos of the plane wreckage and the giant waterfall on Walker brook.
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I always enjoy looking at some pretty posies. Good set you have here, WD.
(Keep your comments to yourself, MA :p )
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I have a picture of a trout lilly but didn't know what it was so thanks for posting it.
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hey cool, glad to be of service.
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these are lovely WD. thank you!
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thanks guys. I sure am a slow hiker now!
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Beautiful pics WD.
Have to agree. Hiking sure takes a lot longer with so many stops now.
