Scoliopus bigelovii ~ Fetid Adder's Tongue | Russ Park 2010
We went back again to see the slinkpod, but this year it was still January—within a week or so of the first blooms of the year. You can visit a detailed description of the fetid adder's tongue in last year blog, this year I will celebrate simply with pictures. Get ready for spring, it is just around the corner!
Allison snapped these triplets in all their glory. Michael Mesler of Humboldt State shared that each plant will flower for up to a month producing, on average, 4-5 flowers over that time. This is surely unusual to have three flowers coexisting on one plant in synchronicity?
Fine webs lace the sepals, modified petals, and stigma.
In a rare winter occurrence, light penetrates the temperate coniferous forest. Photo by Allison Poklemba.
What color! Might the fungal gnats have some provenance for beauty beyond their olfactory seductions?
Photo by Allison P.
Photo and fingers by Allison
I hope your plant explorations begin again soon, if they have not already.
Posted by Michael E. Kauffmann at 2/2/2010 7:19 PM 
Categories: North Coast
Tags: fetid adder's tongue
Categories: North Coast
Tags: fetid adder's tongue
Gosh and I thought I was on top of things by noticing the Indian-plum leafing out. Better let this jo go tepid and get outside huh. Nice shots, Allison.
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Hi Allison, excellent shots - next time you are in sw Oregon you can visit the northernmost population of this species in Oregon's redwoods. This is a very unusual plant that often buries its capsule with the ripening seeds. Not many plants are self-sowing! Cheers
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