General, Non-Daffodil

Not a daffodil

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I’ve enjoyed all the daff photos posted from the southern hemisphere and look forward to the next flush of blooms. I even enjoyed seeing Ian’s photo of his bulbs on the washing line!;-> I was waiting for a slow time to post this, so here’s a flower I photographed recently. Who knows what it is? Hint: I used a special lens.Becky Fox Matthews
that daffy girl near Nashville, TNmystery flower 

 

5 comments for “Not a daffodil”

  2. Guesses so far: holiday cactus (Schlumbergera), orchid or bearded iris. Nope. I thought it looked a little like an orchid myself, but the blossom is very small. Keep guessing!

    Becky

  4. Seems like the blooms should be rotated 90* to the left. The large petal as it sits now is actually the landing pad for the pollinators. There are dots and dashes for the “landing zone” on that larger petal. Then all of the pollen will get transferred to the forehead of the pollinator. The pistil will also be right there with the pollen.
     
    Henbit, which is another member of the Mint Family also has flowers similar to this one. Mint family plants will all have “Square Stems”. LOTS of species and flowers in the mint family!
     
    Keith Kridler Mt. Pleasant, Texas cooler than average June so far and quite a bit of rain this month!

  5. Wow! Right you are, Steve! It’s a close up photo of a single catnip flower. Other guesses were snapdragon and Chris Durrill guessed correctly that it was from a member of the mint family. I was taken by the beauty of the tiny catnip flower as I was looking around the yard for challenges to use in an inquiry based flower dissection. (The kids dissect and compare a variety of flowers and then I challenged them to see if they could find any of the parts we learned on some very small flowers.)

    As I was trying to photograph the catnip flower, I spotted an intruder on the plant’s stem (photo attached). I identified it as a Planthoppe nymph, Metcalfa pruinosa. The world is full of strange creatures and many of them are insects!;->

    Becky Fox Matthews
    that daffy girl near Nashville, TN

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