05-09-2010 Mother's Day

Lovely Mother's Day Hike. We visited a few places and even got my parents to come along to enjoy the sights.

One of the trails.


Calypso bulbosa occidentalis at the end of its season.


Even the Balsamorhiza looked a little bedraggled. Does anyone know an easy way to tell B sagittata from B deltoides?


The Cypripedium fasciculatum that I've been following for 4 years is looking very good this year!




First Castilleja of the season. I think it's C. chromosa.


Finally correctly ID'ed this as Dichelostemma congestum. I still have trouble with the whole Brodiaea, Dichelostemma, Trietellia, Allium look-alike group...


Some Lupine.


A wall of Sedum spathulifolium.


Closeup.


Astragalus reventiformis, I think. Although it could be A hoodianus. What a funny name. Almost as funny as Penstemon whippleanus. But I digress.


Last, a Silene hookeri blooming in the greenhouse. Another one is about to open too!