Siskiyous

[Philip MacDougall]

Diane Whitehead posted pics from the Western Study Weekend held in Medford last month. I returned to this area last week, hoping to see some things in flower that I missed last year. The highlight was Kalmiopsis leachiana along the Illinois River Trail. This forest burned a few years ago, it still looks stark. It swept over most of the very limited habitat of this plant. There were many west coast Irises in bloom, I could try to put names on them but there is a lot of hybridization and I don't know these plants well. At some point n my life I'll have to take a good to weeks to visit this area. The Frits are interesting, I don't think the yellow is pudica as all the rest of the plants in this area were clearly affinis. Philip

[Philip MacDougall]

Allium falcifolium
Calochortis tolmiei
Calypso bulbosa
Camassia quamash spp. maxima
Ceonothus pumilus
Claytonia sp
Collinisia grandiflorum 
Cypripedium fasciculatum
Darlingtonia californica

[Philip MacDougall]

Delphinium menziesii
 Delphinium nudicaule
 Erysium capitatum
 Fritillaria glauca yellow form
 Frittilaria recurvata
 Fritillaria sulcatum

[Philip MacDougall]

Iris bracteata
 Iris chrysophylla
Kalmiopsis leachiana
Lewisa leana
Lewisia oppositifolia

[Philip MacDougall]

Lithophragma affinis
Orobanche sp
Trillium rivale double flower
Trillium albidum
Phlox diffusa
Viola hallii

[johnw]

All those months in BC and nary a posting. Now here you are in Nova Scotia and at last we get pictures.  I think you had better move back here.  By the way are you coming over tonight?

johnw

[Maggi Young]

Whatever has got you to share these pictures, Philip, I am very grateful... as will be all of us enjoying them.

That Orobanche is fabulous ....the Calypso enchanting.... heck, it's great to see all these plants!

[cohan]

great stuff! wonderful flora there, i esp love the Lewisia in a crevice..

[Luc Gilgemyn]

great stuff! wonderful flora there, i esp love the Lewisia in a crevice..

Amongst all these goodies, this Lewisia also drew my particular attention !
Wonderful sight ! 

Thanks for posting Philip !!

[Armin]

It is great pleasure to see flowers in their natural habitats. 

There are some very nice Iris sp. Would be interested in their names.
I hope already some forum members working on the identification!

Thank you Philip for posting the wunderful images.

[johnw]

We were lucky enough to see all his Siskyou slides last night.  He's got plenty more exquisite ones to post and oodles of time on his hands!   

johnw

[Maggi Young]

He's got plenty more exquisite ones to post and oodles of time on his hands!   

johnw

Yippee!!  (Does P. know you've said this??   )

[johnw]

Yippee!!  (Does P. know you've said this??   )

One can only hope. It's 24c here on the coast - highly unusual - and he is a tad inland for the day so it might be sun-bathing weather there.  I'll refresh his memory tonight as he's coming in for the rare plant sale.

Hey, he brought us that giant Epimedium and batch of other goodies including Nothofagus alpina.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

Aha, a man bearing gifts.... always acceptable! I'm a mite worried about the giant Epi though.... triffids come to mind....... 

[Lvandelft]

Thanks for showing these plants growing in their habitat. Very interesting to see Lithophragma affinis.
Always was puzzled how Lithophragma grows in the wild.
I hope there are more pictures to show here??