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Thu Oct 29 2009


Bottle Gentian


I found this about six feet off of the trail in the back of the preserve I've been going to. I'd never seen it before, and from what I gather, it isn't common to our area. This is as open as the flower will get, hence the name "bottle gentian". A small bee or other pollinating insect will have to worm its way through the tiny hole at the top of the tube to get down to the nectar and pollen. I just hope the bugs around here know more about bottle gentian than I did; I'd love to see this produce more plants.

7 Comments
  • From:
    Yetzirah (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Oct 29 2009
    The most exciting wild flower I ever ran across was a gentian that was growing right next to the outflow creek of a mountain lake. I was on a field trip with the native plant society. I had seen a lot of wild flowers up to that point in my life, but that was my first gentian. They are pretty scarce. I love them!
    Yours is a pretty one.
  • From:
    Yetzirah (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Oct 29 2009
    This is the one I saw...

    http://tolweb.org/onlinecontributors/app;jsessionid=1FD17608F993714051E977DCC34C9EE5?page=ViewImageData&service=external&sp=3971
  • From:
    CatControlled (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Oct 29 2009
    That's very pretty. The way it's shaped makes it looks almost tropical.
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Oct 29 2009
    Thanks for the instructions. We'll see how well I follow directions. ;)

    That's a gorgeous flower!


    Bless
  • From:
    Edwards (Unauthenticated) (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Oct 29 2009
    i don't know why all the flowers die in my care
  • From:
    KiwiKimi (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Oct 29 2009
    What a pretty flower. And what a neat idea for a project.
  • From:
    JustPeachy (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Oct 29 2009
    It's lovely. I wonder if this plant would be hard to cultivate in a home setting.