#Calochortus

[cainhowlett]

Wip, ink layout before carving

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[coffeenuts]

Yellow Star Tulip by Ruby 2417 https://flic.kr/p/2oLzJJp

[thebotanicalarcade]

n50_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Flowers from Arcadia . San Francisco,J. T. White,1884.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25459304

[the-dirt-eater]

Calochortus tiburonensis!! aka Tiburon mariposa lily! Endemic to exactly one hill in Marin county, California. These plants live in serpentine soil which is difficult for other plants to survive in. and they look sooooo coooool

What's everyone's favourite flowers that aren't like. The normal ones. Like everyone's a fan of roses and sunflowers what's a more niche one. One you don't get in gift sets. Mine's sweet peas

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Elfin Forest Mariposa Lily - Escondido CA by Arlene Schag Via Flickr: Native

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A fabulous red beetle in a Butterfly Mariposa Lily! by Ruby 2417 Via Flickr: I would be very grateful to anyone who can identify this fabulously color-coordinated insect for me! TIA! And yes, I never see mariposa lillies without seeing bugs in the flowers, all sorts of insects love them as much as I do. Edit: A nice person at inaturalist says it's a Flower Longhorn Beetle, subfamily Lepturinae. Slopes of Mt. Diablo, Ca. May, 2022.

[birdsy-purplefishes]

They're still out? The question is, why am *I* not going to see Calochortus fimbriatus?!

IMPORTANT QUESTION.

[cainhowlett]

It’s finally been printed.

[thelethalsilence]

Calochortus plummerae, Dudleya densiflora

San Gabriel River

[aisling-saoirse]

Cisco Mariposa - Calochortus ciscoensis

My first opportunity documenting a rare species on this blog! The Cisco Mariposa was only known to common science in 2008 and can only be found in 2 eastern counties in Utah and Mesa County Colorado. This curious desert flower is a member of the lily family, coming up around late spring-early summer from a perennial bulb, flowers vary from white to several shades of pink.

The Calochortus genus is common throughout west, there are many minor species and regional variants, the Cisco Mariposa was found to be distinct from the Sego lily due to the presence of curled leaves at the presence of flowers and less prominent chevrons (see image 2). Since this species is new to science, little literature is written regarding the reciprocal relationships people have had with this plant.

Using the sego lily (C. nuttali) as an example, I will suggest propagating this plant is possible by separating new bulbs from the main bulb and replanting them in gravelly soil with good drainage. For the Sego Lily both indigenous peoples and settlers have a history of utilizing the bulb as a food source, I'm uncertain if the chemical makeup of the Cisco Mariposa is the same so I will research that a bit more!

[thebotanicalarcade]

n150_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Wild flowers of the Pacific coast New York :Cassell & company, limited,[c1887] biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19082830

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Some native plants on my walk a couple weeks back

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[raggedclawsscuttling]

The heyday of science, where you could just make stuff up, as long as you didn't do it to much

Calochortus, Cyclobothra.

Plate from ‘The Ladies’ Flower Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants’ by Jane Loudon. Published 1841 by William Smith.

Getty Research Institute.

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