jinman
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GlueGuy
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fantastic photo Jim! I had to save a copy of that one to show my wife. She is just crazy about wild flowers! Thanks!
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jinman
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Too bad I can't add the fragrance, too. When you get downwind of the bluebonnets, the smell is addictive. My neighbor told me if she owned them, she would get nothing done because she would just sit in the middle of the patch all day.
I really am lucky because these flowers are truly wild. I haven't planted a single seed.
JimI
I really am lucky because these flowers are truly wild. I haven't planted a single seed.
JimI
RobS
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Wow, that's a pretty picture. I guess I'll have to take a picture of my tractor over a dandelion field /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
mwagoner
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That is a great photo Jim.
Ifin' I had a tractor it would be similiar to Rob's.... takin' over dandelions, they are the only wildflowers I have.
Matt
Ifin' I had a tractor it would be similiar to Rob's.... takin' over dandelions, they are the only wildflowers I have.
Matt
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Jim,
Showed the picture to my sweetie, and she said "Oh Lupin!". Figures she could glance at a photo like that & know the Latin. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
The GlueGuy
Showed the picture to my sweetie, and she said "Oh Lupin!". Figures she could glance at a photo like that & know the Latin. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
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<font color=blue>Lupin</font color=blue>?
What does that mean?/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Of course the bluebonnets are the state flower of Texas, but does she recognize the other flowers that are usually growing with them?
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What does that mean?/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Of course the bluebonnets are the state flower of Texas, but does she recognize the other flowers that are usually growing with them?
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Bird--
The Lupines Bill's wife was talking about are the blue, not the orange (although I know you have orange, not blue, on the brain!). "Bluebonnet" is a generic term for several species of "Lupinis texensis," which are species of Lupinis, all of which in turn are legumes (peas). There are dozens of species of Lupines--six in Texas; 70 in California; 25 or so in Arizona. The red/orange flowers are "Indian paintbrush," which as you say often grows with bluebonnet.
Of course, of all the fragrant flowers in the world, none so pretty as a diesel tractor, no matter what the color!
The Lupines Bill's wife was talking about are the blue, not the orange (although I know you have orange, not blue, on the brain!). "Bluebonnet" is a generic term for several species of "Lupinis texensis," which are species of Lupinis, all of which in turn are legumes (peas). There are dozens of species of Lupines--six in Texas; 70 in California; 25 or so in Arizona. The red/orange flowers are "Indian paintbrush," which as you say often grows with bluebonnet.
Of course, of all the fragrant flowers in the world, none so pretty as a diesel tractor, no matter what the color!
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Bird,
<font color=blue>What does that mean?</font color=blue>
Since your asked /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif, and I'm feeling feisty this morning /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif. Here you go:
lupine or lupin: lupineor lupin. Pronounced As: loopin , any species of the genus Lupinus, annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). These leguminous plants have been cultivated in the Mediterranean region since ancient times for enriching the soil. The seeds of some species have been roasted or boiled and used as food to some extent in that locality and in the Andes, and the leafy parts are used as forage both there and in America. Some of the many species native to the American West are poisonous as forage, causing the disease lupinosis to which sheep are especially susceptible. Poisonous species and their effects have not been fully determined. As a garden flower the lupine is a favorite because of the various colors and the tall spikes of bonnet-shaped blossoms. The leaves are usually composed of leaflets radiating to form a rounded handlike leaf. Certain movements, as from the horizontal to a vertical position, are characteristic of the leaves of some of these plants, e.g., the common wild lupine (L. perennis), also called sundial and quaker bonnet. The bluebonnet, or buffalo clover (L. subcarnosus), is the state flower of Texas, where it carpets the plains in springtime with its blue blossoms. In Scotland the name bluebonnet is given to the cornflower. The false lupine belongs to the genus Thermopsis. Lupine is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae.
<font color=blue>does she recognize the other flowers that are usually growing with them?</font color=blue>
We both tried to figure that one out. At first we thought they were Indian Paintbrush, but the shape of the flowers didn't look right. We tried to get a closeup of one of the orange guys, but lost too much detail when the image got large /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif. Of course, if it was in California, we would expect California Poppy to be there (we've got several kinds of lupine on our property plus poppies).
The GlueGuy
<font color=blue>What does that mean?</font color=blue>
Since your asked /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif, and I'm feeling feisty this morning /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif. Here you go:
lupine or lupin: lupineor lupin. Pronounced As: loopin , any species of the genus Lupinus, annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). These leguminous plants have been cultivated in the Mediterranean region since ancient times for enriching the soil. The seeds of some species have been roasted or boiled and used as food to some extent in that locality and in the Andes, and the leafy parts are used as forage both there and in America. Some of the many species native to the American West are poisonous as forage, causing the disease lupinosis to which sheep are especially susceptible. Poisonous species and their effects have not been fully determined. As a garden flower the lupine is a favorite because of the various colors and the tall spikes of bonnet-shaped blossoms. The leaves are usually composed of leaflets radiating to form a rounded handlike leaf. Certain movements, as from the horizontal to a vertical position, are characteristic of the leaves of some of these plants, e.g., the common wild lupine (L. perennis), also called sundial and quaker bonnet. The bluebonnet, or buffalo clover (L. subcarnosus), is the state flower of Texas, where it carpets the plains in springtime with its blue blossoms. In Scotland the name bluebonnet is given to the cornflower. The false lupine belongs to the genus Thermopsis. Lupine is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae.
<font color=blue>does she recognize the other flowers that are usually growing with them?</font color=blue>
We both tried to figure that one out. At first we thought they were Indian Paintbrush, but the shape of the flowers didn't look right. We tried to get a closeup of one of the orange guys, but lost too much detail when the image got large /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif. Of course, if it was in California, we would expect California Poppy to be there (we've got several kinds of lupine on our property plus poppies).
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Yeah, I was just kiddin' you, GlueGuy. I knew I couldn't identify the other flowers in that picture either, but it's a pretty safe bet they're Indian Paintbrush. We have lots of Bluebonnets and nearly anytime you see them, you also see Indian Paintbrush. One thing I've been told, but have never verified, is that it's very difficult, if not impossible, to grow Bluebonnets in a flower garden; that they only grow in or with grass. Of course, I know very little about flowers; don't have anything to do with them other than enjoying the view. That's my wife's territory. I don't mess with trying to grow anything I can't eat./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
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