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01 June 2009 @ 05:44 pm
Another mystery flower  
John just brought this back from his doggie walk:



I mean, WTF? I've never seen anything like this before.

Update: it's a species of Dichelostemma , also known as "firecracker flower". Curiously, it is closely related to a little blue flower, Dichelostemma multiflorum , that is also currently blooming here, though they look so different I can hardly believe they're even in the same family.
 
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Greg[info]sierrabiker on June 2nd, 2009 12:50 am (UTC)
Wow, you may have discovered a new species ;)

Now, is it male, female, both or asexual or something in between?
Thor: green square[info]thornyc on June 2nd, 2009 01:39 am (UTC)

It looks delicious, so it must be poisonous! Mother Nature's funny that way.

You could try posting it to [info]plants or [info]horticulture, someone in those communities might know. There's also [info]nametheplant, but it was just started, um, two days ago, and only has one member.

What is its scale?


Edited at 2009-06-02 01:40 am (UTC)
David[info]dhpbear on June 2nd, 2009 01:48 am (UTC)
When is Google™ going to come out with pattern-match searching? :)
Tony: river[info]snousle on June 2nd, 2009 03:04 am (UTC)
The open flowers are about an inch long. See original post for identification.
Jaye Stregyr[info]jstregyr on June 2nd, 2009 03:13 am (UTC)
In the Wikipedia article, it says "the flower hangs when it is in anthesis and holds itself erect as the fruit develops..."

Hrr, hrr, hrr, Beavis... he said "erect".

Actually, before you posted the species, I was going to say "don't fall asleep within creeping-tendril distance of the pod".
Bill[info]bitterlawngnome on June 2nd, 2009 03:16 am (UTC)
I was going to suggest Phimosis multiflora.
Tony[info]snousle on June 2nd, 2009 03:34 am (UTC)
LOL. I want you to know that I did NOT have to do a Google search on that. ;-)
Bill[info]bitterlawngnome on June 2nd, 2009 03:36 am (UTC)
And I want you to know that I said it fully *expecting* you'd know.
Mike: weenies[info]progbear on June 2nd, 2009 05:30 pm (UTC)
Oh Linnaeus, you old scoundrel!
Wow. I never would have guessed it’s a Dichelostemma species. The most common one around here is Bluedicks, and it doesn’t look anything like that!