Well done Rob, beautiful photos. Karl Dinuba z9b On Aug 9, 2015 8:56 AM, "Rob Skinner" <rob@rustyiron.com> wrote: > > > On Aug 6, 2015, at 10:48 PM, Rob Skinner <rob@rustyiron.com> wrote: > > > > Thank you for those wonderful Calohortus pictures. I’m a relatively new > member to this list, and I’m here because of Calochortus. > > > > It started about two months ago. I was hiking in the hills near Laguna > Canyon in Socal, when I spotted a couple flowers that knocked my socks > off. I’d never seen anything like them before. I’m in my 50’s, lived here > all my life, and do an extensive amount of hiking and mountain biking. It > seems odd that I’d never seen these before. I took some pictures and > decided to try and track some of these down to plant in my yard. > > > > After a bit of googling, I determined they were Calochortus. Within a > couple weeks, I spotted a few more in the Santa Ana Mountains. How about > that for luck? > > > > Since I’ve never seen these before, I suspect they’re not common, so I > don’t want to harvest any from the wild. I searched for a source of > plants, and my quest led me to some of the experts who suggested I join > this mailing list. So if anyone has a source, or wants to share some of > their own, I would appreciate it. > > > > In the meantime, here are some pictures of the flowers near Laguna. > > > > Rob > > > > > > Oops. David P. just informed me that pictures can’t be attached to > messages on the list. Here are three links to some of my recent > Calochurtus pictures. > > Rob > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5110183/… < > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5110183/…> > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5110183/… < > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5110183/…> > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5110183/… < > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5110183/…> > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/
