May blooms

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  1. Nadia White Rock

    Nadia White Rock Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    There are so many different colors of bloom so I have hard time to decide what I like the most
    Rhodendrons
    Rhododendron molle subsp. japonicum I think the most brightest in color
    Rhododendron molle subsp. japonicum 062.jpg
    Rhododendron 'David Lam' is the most unusual and sophisticated, every flower looks like two, one inside another
    Rhododendron 'David Lam.jpg
    Rhododendron maoerense is the most sentimental and has 7 petals(usually 5)
    Rhododendron maoerense, 3AJ1.jpg

    New plants or they new for me
    Triteleia lemmoniae
    Triteleia lemmoniae, N America.JPG
    Geum triflorum, I used to see lots of similar flowers in my childhood, but this one has different colors
    Geum triflorum,North America,Gravilat.JPG
    Zigadenus paniculatus. This flower is interesting, I googled "Zigadenus", and wikipedia says "Zigadenus is a genus of flowering plants now containing only one species, Zigadenus glaberrimus, the sandbog death camas, found in the southeast United States. Around 20 species were formerly included in the genus, but have now been moved to other genera".
    This plant has second name Toxicoscordion paniculatum,common names foothill deathcamas. I am very glad to learn and see at last how deathcamas looks. " It is native to the western United States, where it occurs in many types of habitat...The stem grows up to 70 centimeters long...The inflorescence is an open panicle of flowers, becoming dense at the tip. The panicle contains up to 80 flowers, most of which are bisexual; some flowers at the end of branches and near the base of the panicle are only staminate (male), or are sterile. Each flower has six tepals, the inner three being slightly larger than the outer, measuring about 3 to 6 millimeters in length. The tepals are cream-colored, each with a yellowish green gland at the base. The fruit is a capsule 1 or 2 centimeters long. This plant is toxic to animals...Cases of human poisoning by ingestion of the bulbs have been documented as well"
    Zigadenus paniculatus  W USA .JPG
    Cydonia oblonga, at last we were in right time to see this beautiful tree in bloom
    Cydonia oblonga.jpg
     

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