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Malto
08-09-2013, 20:21
With the speed hiking season slowing down and the debates ending over stopping to smell the flowers, how about some pictures of said flowers that have encountered on your hikes. These were all from my PCT hike in '11

The Cleaner
08-09-2013, 20:41
Here's a few..23282232832328423285 not the best I've seen but the late spring snow had the flowers confused a bit......

Rasty
08-09-2013, 20:53
Can we post picks of other items to smell? :D

2 pictures from Idaho and 1 from Uwharrie.

Ktaadn
08-09-2013, 22:21
Mountain laurel in SNP this June
http://images2.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp54364%3Enu%3D32%3B7%3E977%3E36%3B%3E WSNRCG%3D3955327%3A%3B4337nu0mrj

Mags
08-09-2013, 23:26
From two weeks ago. Flowers the Indian Peaks Wilderness:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5476/9386787082_7b07a243b2.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3673/9384006151_829ce29093.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3734/9386770490_9ddbdbfaee.jpg

Grits
08-10-2013, 08:43
Great Pictures everyone 23290232932329423295232962329123292

DeerPath
08-10-2013, 09:59
Great Pics, I think I can smell them.
Thanks to all

BirdBrain
08-10-2013, 10:24
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These ones smell the same in the picture as when I took the picture.

Kerosene
08-10-2013, 11:47
Arizona (April 2010)

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Southern Nantahalas (May 2010)

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Northern Nantahalas (May 2011)
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Western Maine (September 2012)

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Grayson Highlands (June 2007)

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Dogwood
08-10-2013, 11:48
Actually, many of the flowers and plants pictured are not fragrant to the human nose.

Tuckahoe
08-10-2013, 11:54
Ok so they are not flowere, but I thought these mushrooms were cool. From July 2012 on the way to Saunders Shelter outside of Damascus.

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Sarcasm the elf
08-10-2013, 11:58
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multimedia/archive/00418/GrumpyCatFlower_418345c.jpg

Deer Hunter
08-10-2013, 12:07
From two weeks ago. Flowers the Indian Peaks Wilderness:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5476/9386787082_7b07a243b2.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3673/9384006151_829ce29093.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3734/9386770490_9ddbdbfaee.jpg


Nice. Makes me want to go there.

Dogwood
08-10-2013, 12:07
One day I will start posting pics. At least half my trail pics are plants.

Deer Hunter
08-10-2013, 12:08
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multimedia/archive/00418/GrumpyCatFlower_418345c.jpg


lol! funny Elf.

HikerMom58
08-10-2013, 13:06
Arizona (April 2010)

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Southern Nantahalas (May 2010)

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Northern Nantahalas (May 2011)
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Western Maine (September 2012)

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Grayson Highlands (June 2007)

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AHHHH!!!!!! I love them all!! Kerosene got a pic of my favorite flower.... THE LADY SLIPPER!!:D

Dogwood
08-10-2013, 13:42
Lady Slipper type orchids come in a few genus and many species. Those commonly referred pink lady slipper ones(Cypripedium acaule) Kerosene posted, I find, are not all that extremely rare on the AT in some areas. Don't bother trying transplanting them from the wild though. They rarely survive the transplanting. You can buy them as small plants rather inexpensively(don't pay more than $15 for a 3-4" size pot). Buy several and group them in a dappled shady spot in highly acidic(around 5 pH) highly organic humusy soil. Heavy soils like clay need to be generously amended. They go dormant in the fall/winter after flowering but pop up in the spring. Beware not to disturb them when dormant. I had a nice colony of them growing at a home in NJ at the base of a Japanese Snowbell tree.

Drybones
08-10-2013, 13:48
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Pedaling Fool
08-10-2013, 13:49
Actually, many of the flowers and plants pictured are not fragrant to the human nose.Damn Dogwood, I was going to post something like this. It's a waste of time to stop and smell them because you won't smell a thing :)


Since gardening and trying to attract all kinds of pollinators I've grown quite a few flowers and so far the ones that have the most fragrace are Alyssum, 4 o'clocks and moon flower. The last two are night bloomers, so it kind of makes sense that they have a scent. It does smell really nice in my yard at night.

I'm thinking about getting sometype of honeysuckle for daytime fragrance.

Malto
08-10-2013, 13:49
The first picture that Mags posted is Indian paintbrush which is my favorite wildflower. I am on a mission to get them to grow in PA in my wife's garden. I had a long conversation with the local nursery and that is what generated this thread. mags, those are some seriously good photos.

Mags
08-10-2013, 13:52
. mags, those are some seriously good photos.

Thanks. Out of my outdoor passion, I started to develop a photography hobby. :) Besides the paintbrush, the purple flowers are gentian and the yellow one is a glacier lily. Usually found early in the season with retreating snow, so I was pleasantly surprised to see a bunch in late July.

Off to do another quick overnighter. Hope to have more flower photos. Before I know it, it will be Fall in the high country. Wildflower season in CO is short, but brilliant esp up high.

(With Mrs Mags busy with school work, I've gotten into the habit of spending Saturday mornings with her and then taking off later in the day)

Pedaling Fool
08-10-2013, 13:53
So the honeymoon is over ;)

Drybones
08-10-2013, 13:54
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atmilkman
08-10-2013, 13:56
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I'll bet those are fragrant to the human nose.

Drybones
08-10-2013, 14:06
I'll bet those are fragrant to the human nose.

O'da'pu......a rare species growing primarily along foot trails.

Mags
08-10-2013, 14:20
So the honeymoon is over ;)

We were married at 38 yo. What honeymoon? :)

Blue collar upbringing (me) combined with German pragmatism (her) means the lovey-dovey, I want-to-be-you-at-all-times never happened and is best for people never a had a life of their own and/or are younger(more naive). :D

HikerMom58
08-10-2013, 14:32
Lady Slipper type orchids come in a few genus and many species. Those commonly referred pink lady slipper ones(Cypripedium acaule) Kerosene posted, I find, are not all that extremely rare on the AT in some areas. Don't bother trying transplanting them from the wild though. They rarely survive the transplanting. You can buy them as small plants rather inexpensively(don't pay more than $15 for a 3-4" size pot). Buy several and group them in a dappled shady spot in highly acidic(around 5 pH) highly organic humusy soil. Heavy soils like clay need to be generously amended. They go dormant in the fall/winter after flowering but pop up in the spring. Beware not to disturb them when dormant. I had a nice colony of them growing at a home in NJ at the base of a Japanese Snowbell tree.

Thanks for the info on one of my favorite flowers, Dogwood. :) I also think the Jack-in-the Pulpit is a cool flower. My Mom turned my on to the Lady Slipper and Jack in the pulpit when I was a young girl. :) I love all these flower pics!! :) THanks Malto!! :)

Teacher & Snacktime
08-10-2013, 15:57
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These ones smell the same in the picture as when I took the picture.

Indian Pipe ! We just looked these up on our stay at Upper Goose Pond. They're a fungus, more than a flower....parasitic w/o chlorophyl.

BirdBrain
08-10-2013, 19:13
Indian Pipe ! We just looked these up on our stay at Upper Goose Pond. They're a fungus, more than a flower....parasitic w/o chlorophyl.

You got it. Love them.

Sarcasm the elf
08-10-2013, 19:39
From my NY to PA trip in May 2011. I don't pretend to know what they are, but they were pretty so I took a photo of them.
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6133/5989789636_8c5b7a391a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/64766556@N02/5989789636/)
A.T. - NY to PA Southbound Section May/June 2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/64766556@N02/5989789636/) by Sarcasm The Elf (http://www.flickr.com/people/64766556@N02/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6012/5989272737_47a782bf08.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/64766556@N02/5989272737/)
A.T. - NY to PA Southbound Section May/June 2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/64766556@N02/5989272737/) by Sarcasm The Elf (http://www.flickr.com/people/64766556@N02/), on Flickr

Drybones
08-10-2013, 19:55
This baby fern isn't a flower but it's still one of my favorite shots.


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Drybones
08-10-2013, 19:56
Indian Pipe ! We just looked these up on our stay at Upper Goose Pond. They're a fungus, more than a flower....parasitic w/o chlorophyl.

There's a fungus among us!

Pedaling Fool
08-11-2013, 16:22
These would be cool to have along the AT (Video http://www.realclearscience.com/video/2013/08/10/plant_acts_like_a_toilet.html

Mags
08-17-2013, 15:23
Some flowers from last weekend. An alpine buttercup with snow. Fall is coming to the high country: (about 12k ft?)
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5523/9533076722_28a04d5deb.jpg

And not flowers, but these ~1000 yr old bristlecones were rather cool (I thought)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5491/9530295187_15de9745b7.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7345/9533074572_af91f180d6.jpg

Dogwood
08-17-2013, 16:57
And, we're asked why we hike. Better than any man made botanical garden. I feel blessed. Than you all. Some of you are getting such clarity and detail in your shots. I feel humbled.

Malto, I would like to know what happens with your attempts at getting Indian Paintbrush(Castilleja sps) growing in PA. I think you may have to have other plants that Indian Paintbrush shares a relationship with that are also native in their western ranges. It's like that with some types of orchids, true mosses, and lichens too. For example some orchids need certain insects or animals to flower or certain types of fungi to create new plants from seeds. It's one reason why plants, when removed from their native habitats, don't survive or do well or flower.

Drybones
08-17-2013, 19:41
Some flowers from last weekend. An alpine buttercup with snow. Fall is coming to the high country: (about 12k ft?)
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5523/9533076722_28a04d5deb.jpg

And not flowers, but these ~1000 yr old bristlecones were rather cool (I thought)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5491/9530295187_15de9745b7.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7345/9533074572_af91f180d6.jpg

Fantastic pics...the middle is my favorite.

Another Kevin
08-17-2013, 22:11
Not flowers, but plants, from the last couple of weekends; just what I had to hand.

Blueberries!
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3690/9441531666_7a5e0d4c6c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/9441531666/)
Blueberries! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/9441531666/) by ke9tv (http://www.flickr.com/people/ke9tv/), on Flickr

And blue-bead lilies, Clintonia borealis:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7384/9517823697_f49fb55c5b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/9517823697/)
Clintonia borealis (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/9517823697/) by ke9tv (http://www.flickr.com/people/ke9tv/), on Flickr

Odd Man Out
08-17-2013, 23:25
There's a fungus among us!

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North Manitou Island, August, 2009

Tipi Walter
08-17-2013, 23:32
Here ya go---

http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2013-1/Green-Cove-Cabin/i-tbnsHBB/0/L/TRIP%20147%20096-L.jpg
Phlox on the Bob with the Chattanooga Hiking Club.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/16-Days-with-Wisenber-and/i-mx4CQCt/0/L/TRIP%20112%20064-L.jpg

Odd Man Out
08-17-2013, 23:32
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The middle one is a Pitcher Plant
Oliphant Fen, Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, July, 2013

Odd Man Out
08-17-2013, 23:34
Tipi, what kind of butterfly is that??!!

Tipi Walter
08-18-2013, 00:11
Tipi, what kind of butterfly is that??!!

Ya got me.

DandT40
08-18-2013, 08:46
My wife is the official botanist/wildflower photographer of the family but I did take a couple of shots on our last trip out to the four pass loop. Well at least one of them was actually of the flowers. :)

Pedaling Fool
08-18-2013, 08:54
Here ya go---




http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/16-Days-with-Wisenber-and/i-mx4CQCt/0/L/TRIP%20112%20064-L.jpg


Tipi, what kind of butterfly is that??!!

I'm not sure, but I'm going to go with Pipevine Swallowtail; based on the extensions that give swallowtails their name and the 7 orange spots.

Odd Man Out
08-18-2013, 09:04
I'm not sure, but I'm going to go with Pipevine Swallowtail; based on the extensions that give swallowtails their name and the 7 orange spots.

Thanks. Can' say I've ever seen one of those. We've had very few butterfly sightings this year. Had a couple of monarchs and a tiger swallowtail on our butterfly bush last night and saw a zebra swallowtail at the gardens last week.