Brown dragon is an apt nickname for Jack-in-the-pulpit, captured here with Red Trillium on the forest floor of Fillmore Glen State Park. I was down in the mud for the closeup,
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They pair well!
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The colors are complimentary. The overview shot has the trillium in reasonable focus. In the handheld macro they are blurry — which I prefer. Thanks for visiting, Jazz.
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A serendipitous pairing. And thank you for the red trillium. These are the ones I see in the forest when I am out on my horse.
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Trillium are “show offs.”
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I don’t know if I’ve seen red trillium before. We just seem to have the white ones.
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Trillium erectum (Red Trillium) is native to the Eastern US and trillium are difficult to propagate, so they would be unusual anywhere else.
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Sometimes getting down in the mud is needed. Have a great good weekend
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Spring is not possible without mud.
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So we must just embrace it and get dirty
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This is a stunning natural bouquet, Michael Stephen. Thanks for getting muddy for us.
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Its what I do…ha ha
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Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News.
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