Unexpected photo skills
All kinds of skills enhance your wildflower photography experience. This is a wild petunia. It's very rare in Michigan. The day I spotted the second known site was exciting. I also spotted that no-trespassing sign, but they were wild petunias! On my way out of those woods, I was confronted by a very angry hunter. He really didn't want the deer stirred up before the season. But my social work de-escalation skills kicked in. He calmed down, and I ultimately got some key information about who to get permissions from, and other good places to look. This came up today because I'm planning a trip to Texas. Yesterday I was advised to stick to the roadsides, and stay away from private property. I've never met my advisor, Joe, but he seems to know me well. Think I can de-escalate Texans?
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Hi Denise
Just thinking it's almost time to come look for Platanthera flava. Bob
Hi Bob:
I found it on Eber Rd, about 1.5 mi S. of Kitty Todd Preserve 1/4 mi from Metroparks land. I’m guessing it came in on the RR. (NwOhio)
Apparently so, but not on all plants. The brown only shows a little in this image.
Regarding umber pussytoes, one reference calls it brown-brackted pussytoes. Are it's bracts browner than other pussytoes?