Wildflower photos [Archive] - Alberta Outdoorsmen Forum

thumper

03-11-2012, 05:07 PM

I've been really enjoying the different photography threads on this forum.
How about starting a wildflower one?
Here's a favorite Alberta orchid - can you name it?

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b23/Canmoron/wildflowers/IMG_2291.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b23/Canmoron/wildflowers/IMG_2057.jpg

doetracks

03-11-2012, 05:30 PM

Is that a ladyslipper? Can't remember :mad0030:

Sure is purty!

CLB

03-11-2012, 05:45 PM

I don't have a lot of wildflower photos but here are a few.

http://cambarlow.smugmug.com/Cam-Barlow/Scenery/P6251357/456069666_ogn7k-M.jpg

http://cambarlow.smugmug.com/Cam-Barlow/Scenery/flowers/455161081_5F8Np-O.jpg

http://cambarlow.smugmug.com/Cam-Barlow/Scenery/IMG3427-50D/590849234_PiX5a-L.jpg

http://cambarlow.smugmug.com/Cam-Barlow/Scenery/IMG3614-50D/590849245_SSP4M-O.jpg

http://cambarlow.smugmug.com/Cam-Barlow/Scenery/IMG3757-50D/590849261_QKhJH-M.jpg

http://cambarlow.smugmug.com/Cam-Barlow/Scenery/IMG3792-50D/590849298_j8LFi-O.jpg

http://cambarlow.smugmug.com/Cam-Barlow/Scenery/IMG3888-50D/590850412_QnWtU-L.jpg

http://cambarlow.smugmug.com/Cam-Barlow/Scenery/IMG3913-50D/590850410_vF4ig-O.jpg

Ggeorge

03-11-2012, 06:05 PM

one wild one not so much

Bushmaster

03-11-2012, 06:13 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/akabushmaster/asstd001.jpg

doetracks

03-11-2012, 06:14 PM

LOVE osteospermums, regardless of them being a domestic plant!

The shooting stars have long been one of my favorite wildflowers. I also have a weakness for wild blue flax. Keep 'em coming.

This weather keeps up and the crocuses and buffalo beans will be coming out :D

BBT

03-11-2012, 06:55 PM

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c245/bigbowtrout/July2010035.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c245/bigbowtrout/June102043.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c245/bigbowtrout/June102028.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c245/bigbowtrout/LateJune09043.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c245/bigbowtrout/LateJune09040.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c245/bigbowtrout/Coral%20Lake%20Aug%2027-29/316901_10150357017096282_583086281_10207538_718401 7_n.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c245/bigbowtrout/Coral%20Lake%20Aug%2027-29/316422_10150357016681282_583086281_10207532_363377 2_n.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c245/bigbowtrout/Coral%20Lake%20Aug%2027-29/321439_10150357017406282_583086281_10207543_372385 2_n.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c245/bigbowtrout/FlowersandfishingJuly2007001.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c245/bigbowtrout/April20073012.jpg

2 Tollers

03-11-2012, 08:04 PM

Here are a few for the guys from the Rock that I took on a visit out there

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c221/hughwarren/Nfld%20June%202010/20100629_1261.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c221/hughwarren/Nfld%20June%202010/20100627_0965.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c221/hughwarren/Nfld%20June%202010/20100627_0936.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c221/hughwarren/Nfld%20June%202010/20100627_0935.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c221/hughwarren/Nfld%20June%202010/20100627_0859.jpg

Hugh

flyguyd

03-11-2012, 08:04 PM

http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad153/flyguydh/DSCF2560.jpg
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad153/flyguydh/SaskJuly09213.jpg
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad153/flyguydh/DSCF0931.jpg
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad153/flyguydh/SaskJuly09191.jpg
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad153/flyguydh/DSCF0910.jpg

Skinnydipper

03-11-2012, 08:46 PM

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/eppweld/IMG_6454.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/eppweld/IMG_4564.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/eppweld/IMG_1741.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/eppweld/IMG_1789.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/eppweld/BCBears4-28.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/eppweld/BCBears16.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/eppweld/Wildside13.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/eppweld/Wildside11.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/eppweld/Wanderings4.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/eppweld/IMGP0802_1_1.jpg

thunderheart

03-11-2012, 09:00 PM

nice thread .... thanks :)

thumper

03-11-2012, 09:40 PM

That's quite the bouquet of wildflowers!
Now to identify them,,, my guesses are:

My first two were Calypso Orchids - also called Venus Slippers

CLB posted
Forget-me-nots
Bluebells - also called Harebells
Wood Lilies

Ggeorge posted
Shooting Stars
& a domestic flower?

Bushmaster - a great bunch of Wood Lilies

BBT posted
Wild Rose
Saskatoon Berry (?)
Jacobs Ladder
Chickweed - also called 'Mouse-ears'
Indian Paintbrish - with Scorpionweed in the background
A Milberts Tortoiseshell buttefly on a Smooth Fleabane bloom
Blue Flax
Prairie Crocus

2tollers posted
Kinnininic or Labrador Tea?
Wild Blue Flag Iris
Dogwood
Some type of Solomon's Seal?
& I don't have a clue what the last one is!

Flyguy posted
Blue Eyed Grass
Harebells / Bluebells
Cinquefoil

Skinnydipper posted
Blue-eyed Grass
I don't know!
Red Heather
another I don't know
Skunk Cabbage
Brown-eyed Susans
Ox-eyed Daisys
Moss Campion
Poppies

Here's another Alberta orchid:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b23/Canmoron/wildflowers/IMG_2255.jpg

2 Tollers

03-11-2012, 10:21 PM

A couple of more before I turn in

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c221/hughwarren/20100718_1413.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c221/hughwarren/20100718_1397.jpg

Alberta catcus from Blood Knife Park

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c221/hughwarren/20100718_1416.jpg

Hugh

KegRiver

03-11-2012, 10:43 PM

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4101/4737460026_79ac31a2ea_b_d.jpg

I figured I'd wait and see if someone else could identify it since, as you can see, I already knew what it was.

But here are a few I haven't been able to identify.

This first one is tiny, maybe two inches tall. I found it growing in dense forest among Bunchberries and such.

#1http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4131/4845219472_50567bdf0d_b_d.jpg

This next one was found growing at the edge of the pavement on hwy 35 north of Manning. The plant was about 8 inches tall and looked like a round mound of green with these little flowers poking out of it.

#2http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc278/KegRiver/Flowers/2007_07040225.jpg

This plant was growing in soggy ground at the edge of a dugout.

#3http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc278/KegRiver/Flowers/Unknownflower.jpg

Now to flower I do know, but hopefully ones that most do not recognize.
Let's see who can identify these.

#4http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc278/KegRiver/Flowers/JacobsLadder.jpg

#5http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4116/4813881430_357ebd37d6_b_d.jpg

#6 - this is not what you think it is - http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc278/KegRiver/Flowers/KidneyLeafedViolet.jpg

#7http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc278/KegRiver/Flowers/WhiteFireweed-veryrare.jpg

#8http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc278/KegRiver/Flowers/WaterArum_49.jpg

#9http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc278/KegRiver/flowers%202/2007_0802Diamond0047.jpg

#10http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc278/KegRiver/flowers%202/2008_06230021.jpg

#11http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc278/KegRiver/flowers%202/2008_07030005.jpg

#12http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc278/KegRiver/flowers%202/2008_07030026.jpg

Almost all of these were taken with my old Point and shoot camera so the quality isn't that good.

thumper

03-11-2012, 11:31 PM

KegRiver

03-11-2012, 11:34 PM

I thought I'd add a few more recent photos. Shot with my Canon instead of my Fuji.

These are just for those who enjoy wild flowers, I expect most people will recognize these flowers.

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4118/4909667656_bd03b70eb8_b_d.jpg

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4140/4813881644_e7af33a692_b_d.jpg

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4099/4736828753_3b28656f26_b_d.jpg

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4139/4736449568_86c72544fb_b_d.jpg

doetracks

03-11-2012, 11:54 PM

#1 Twinflower, I believe. #11 is Goatsbeard aka salsify (thumper was close :D ), #7definitely looks like fireweed.

KegRiver

03-11-2012, 11:55 PM

You've got some tough ones there Keg, and I don't have my best reference books handy - but I'll have a go at them:
#1 The aptly named 'Twinflower'
#2 ??
#3 Western Meadow Rue?
#4 ??
#5 an orchid - either Rattlesnake Plantain or Northern Green Bog Orchid
#6 Kidney-leaved violet?
#7 is that a white Fireweed?
#8 ??
#9 some sort of saxifrage? - maybe Wedge-leaf saxifrage?
#10 some sort of Primrose?
#11 a Yellow Hawksbeard
#12 tremendous blooms! - Bog Orchid?

So it is. I couldn't find it in my books, but a google search of that name shows the same flower. Thanks.

I think you may have #3, Seems right to me, thanks, that one has bugged me for years.

#5 is a Northern Green Bog Orchid

You got #6 and #7

#9 you missed

#10 you are on the right track, but not quiet there.

#11 you got

#12, not a orchid. It's a member of the Figwort family.

here's another clue http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc278/KegRiver/flowers%202/salmon-and-willow-lakes-august-2011-074-2.jpg

thumper

03-12-2012, 11:55 AM

Here's a few back at you!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b23/Canmoron/wildflowers/IMG_2359.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b23/Canmoron/wildflowers/P1040886.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b23/Canmoron/wildflowers/IMG_0251.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b23/Canmoron/wildflowers/IMG_1945.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b23/Canmoron/wildflowers/IMG_0254.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b23/Canmoron/wildflowers/IMG_0249.jpg

thumper

03-12-2012, 11:59 AM

Ah - your #12 ia an Elephant-head flower!

Artemis

03-12-2012, 03:51 PM

Yeah! Such beautiful pics from everyone! I love taking flower pics too!! Makes the hike so much nicer (and lets me catch my breath)! Also helps me ID flowers that I dont know. Went to the AWESOME waterton Wildflower festival last year. Highly recommended for those of us who luv flowers....

Here are some of mine from the Canon point and shoot ...

Artemis

03-12-2012, 03:57 PM

Maybe a couple more :sHa_shakeshout:

Ggeorge

03-12-2012, 05:01 PM

On thr lupen fide the wee little orange bug.I love this thead!!!:sHa_shakeshout:

greylynx

03-12-2012, 06:06 PM

doetracks

03-12-2012, 06:12 PM

Mr. greylynx, this has ALWAYS been on of my favorites:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519GT92EF5L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

BeeGuy

03-12-2012, 06:16 PM

That first one is Calypso bulbosa.

You can find bumble bees carrying it's pollinia on it's back in the spring.

They look like paired little yellow kidneys.

Very cool.

What size of lenses are best for flower portraits?

I'll add some pics when I get home from slaying some monster burbs.

L

KegRiver

03-13-2012, 12:33 AM

Ah - your #12 ia an Elephant-head flower!

Correct! They are also called Little Red Elephant.

And I was half asleep last night. I suspect you were as well because you said #11 was Yellow Hawksbeard and I agreed. But it is entirely different. It is Goats Beard.

The others are;

#2 unknown, possibly a member of the wild geranium family.

#4 Jacobs ladder

#8 Water Arum

#9 Grass of Parnassus

#10 Mealy Primrose

my second post, for the few who are just learning about wild flowers,
Are;

Water Smartweed
Wood Lily
Marsh Marigold
And, Wild Cranberry also known as Pembina Cranberry or High Bush Cranberry.

KegRiver

03-13-2012, 12:33 AM

#1 Twinflower, I believe. #11 is Goatsbeard aka salsify (thumper was close :D ), #7definitely looks like fireweed.

#11 is Goats Beard. I was half asleep last night.

KegRiver

03-13-2012, 12:36 AM

Thumper, I don't recognize any of those flowers except possibly your #5.

It looks like a Wind Flower to me.

Your Orchid is definitely not something I have seen before.

Steven Noel

03-13-2012, 07:37 AM

Here's a couple of common ones.

http://i850.photobucket.com/albums/ab70/Steven_Noel/Photography/IMG_1507.jpg

http://i850.photobucket.com/albums/ab70/Steven_Noel/Photography/IMG_0262_wm.jpg

besteffects

08-21-2013, 06:11 AM

Few more pictures of wildflowers

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ_9vzBapwsBzaoN0Vaa5N5pcFBBKAiU XCwdvT7YFX_SJq-nhBz

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQhw0WS6jC2zYQUXQOUpch8-0HlKQ16GxPrAutQOwFRZD2jIxqh

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTjCzSDI_itaUlj7NTNSXU5hE6RZqMpS nEngUB5coavzGepxTHAGA

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQxor1uAA_4i6Vni0YF-9nJwFBLGtXdhzo74-1izthfsIo5PsY-lw

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kXqpklNnLL8/S8KN4fbBeuI/AAAAAAAAAoI/j0AMCA_zZCw/s1600/072207-1.jpg

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRg2QAsN3OktOJmPmEVi-KlfNHN2fb-87bM95preE_AKtfDkus_Yg

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQMbffM9cKbo5xnG_DpY-KqTRnf_DO4iLYWd8K70Iivi9kT4sSU

BeeGuy

08-21-2013, 06:58 AM

very nice!

(bump!)

Zip

08-21-2013, 07:02 AM

http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i469/rdayisdamad/Holidays%20March%202012/IMG_6641_zpsd92f9aae.jpg (http://s1095.photobucket.com/user/rdayisdamad/media/Holidays%20March%202012/IMG_6641_zpsd92f9aae.jpg.html)....i may have more but this one was the easiest one to find in my mess of pics..lol!

BeeGuy

08-21-2013, 07:14 AM

http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg523/elbee69/LRB_3972_zpsd99e454f.jpg.
All images are property of the copyright holder.

BeeGuy

08-21-2013, 07:16 AM

http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg523/elbee69/LRB_7357_zpsd0e8cb24.jpg

Lornce

08-21-2013, 07:39 AM

Here's a few

http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq127/LornceLornce/DSC_0307_zps3103c84d.jpg

Little deer with spots

08-23-2013, 09:21 PM

I cant believe the pics on here, very nice!!!! Had no idea there were so many wildflowers!!

KegRiver

08-24-2013, 01:31 AM

When I got my first Digital camera I set out to photograph all of the Flora and Fauna (wildlife, flowers, birds, ext.) of this region.

I soon discovered that when it came to Flowers and Mushrooms, I had noticed only a fraction of what was really around me.

These are some of the flowers I discovered thanks to the wonder of digital photography.

Wild Cranberry Tree, or Pembina Cranberry.

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4139/4736449568_86c72544fb_b_d.jpg

Marsh Marigold.

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4099/4736828753_3b28656f26_b_d.jpg

Water Smartweed

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4118/4909667656_bd03b70eb8_b_d.jpg

Brittle *****ly Pear Cactus

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5064/5882923692_e05f6389d2_b_d.jpg

Calypso Orchid

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4101/4737460026_79ac31a2ea_b_d.jpg

And a few I knew about already,

Wild Crocus

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4115/4737511710_a604e4dd6c_b_d.jpg

Twin Flower

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4077/4736448160_1185e07da9_b_d.jpg

Chickberry

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4082/4737467730_97ed24a60a_b_d.jpg

These are only a few of hundreds of wild flowers I've enjoyed photographing over the past few years, I'll post a few more later.

In the mean time, I'll close with a couple of pictures that one inevitably encounters while taking photos of flowers.

White Admiralhttp://farm6.staticflickr.com/5301/5893188306_b6eb529c26_b_d.jpg

Fritillary Butterfly.

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4117/4782311182_ff40bc6ed7_b_d.jpg

thumper

09-01-2013, 01:21 AM

Great shots Keg. I have a hard time getting those butterflys to sit still for a photo-session!

BeeGuy

09-01-2013, 01:57 AM

Great pics keg.

I love flowers for obvious reasons.

Got any shots of penstemons or heuchera?

Are those opuntia from the Peace?

KegRiver

09-01-2013, 02:09 AM

Great pics keg.

I love flowers for obvious reasons.

Got any shots of penstemons or heuchera?

Are those opuntia from the Peace?

No I don't have any of the beardtongue family of flowers. They are more of prairie and subalpine family of plants.

I don't have any of the Alumroots for the same reason.

Yes the Cactus is from the Peace River area. In fact it was photographed on the hills overlooking the Peace River.

B00MER

09-01-2013, 05:29 AM

Nice work all.

farmer60

09-01-2013, 01:34 PM

Have several in photobucket, from our place almost all, that need help ID-ing correctly. Any help appreciated.

Address:
http://s1052.photobucket.com/user/peterandike/library/Wildflowers

Some that might be right:

Wild Alberta Rose
http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s457/peterandike/Wildflowers/WildRose6.jpg

Wild Strawberry
http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s457/peterandike/Wildflowers/WildStrawberry.jpg

Yellow Lady Slipper
http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s457/peterandike/Wildflowers/YellowLadysSlipper.jpg

Twining Honey Suckle
http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s457/peterandike/Wildflowers/TwiningHoneysuckle1Leaf.jpg

Nodding Onion
http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s457/peterandike/Wildflowers/NoddingOnion2.jpg

Blue Bur
http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s457/peterandike/Wildflowers/Bluebur2.jpg