The unidentified flower which tormented so many for so long torments no more. Ann drilled down to the exact species, with help from Achrachno, with Adrian and F hot on her heels. And here it is, the Mount Hood Pussypaws, Cistanthe umbellata.
That is indubitably it. Excellent job, my botanical detectives! I’ll be keeping a special eye out for specimens this summer: it’s become our flower, and your triumph.
The question now becomes, do I show you a kindness and only post stuff I’ve (roughly) identified? Or was this exercise in botanical mystery solving something you care to repeat again in the future?
I’d say post away. I almost always get IDs on unkown plants and wildflowers in my posts, even when I haven’t asked for an ID.
I always like learning something new. I was curious about those flowers and started to look for more information on Calptridiums when I came across Cistanthe umbellata and realize that was what that flower was. I had never seen a flower like that before and wanted more details about it.
You take great pictures and that helped a lot too. So bring on some more. I love learning about new flowers I’m not familiar with, and never having lived in the area I’m sure there is a lot of stuff out there that will be new to me.
Well, I’d say I was teh suck as a detective, but I certainly enjoy trying to identify interesting things. I applaud those who knew what they were looking at, or knew how to figure it out. (Loud clapping noises fromOhio.)
I vote for mysteries. And kitties.
Mysteries, guesses, roughly identified things, and precise ones: all welcome. And kitties.