Cool Flower and Spider

teamracephotosteamracephotos Registered Users Posts: 492 Major grins
edited April 22, 2008 in Holy Macro
Found these after work on Saturday. The flower attracted me, and then I found a bonus Spider. This flower was really small, and the only one around. MM

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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2008
    Wonderful series :)
    Lovely flower crab spider and flower it's sitting on :)
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  • KevinKevin Registered Users Posts: 236 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2008
    kewl!

    any idea on a flower id for the white one mbe? headscratch.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2008
    teamracephotos wrote:
    Found these after work on Saturday. The flower attracted me, and then I found a bonus Spider. This flower was really small, and the only one around. MM

    That is beautiful flower, and it's unopened buds too clap.gif
    The little Crab Spider doesn't look out of place either.
    Nicely captured MM thumb.gif ... Skippy :D
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  • teamracephotosteamracephotos Registered Users Posts: 492 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2008
    Not sure what it is
    Kevin wrote:
    kewl!

    any idea on a flower id for the white one mbe? headscratch.gif

    Strange thing the white flower with the Spider is coming from the same stem as the unopened buds. One stem branched off into three the one facing east (the white one) had opened the other two where is appeared at different stages. MM
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  • JoemessJoemess Registered Users Posts: 112 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2008
    The flower is.....
    The flower is a Milkweed. The genus is Asclepias and it is a fairly common wildflower in the southeast. If I had to guess, I would say that it is Asclepias incarnata. but not seeing the plant and the habitat that is only a swag. (scientific wild assed guess)

    Andrew



    This is a flower that is the same Genus, but a different species.

    http://joemess.smugmug.com/gallery/3606296_EWiY3#205169329_QBKrC
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  • teamracephotosteamracephotos Registered Users Posts: 492 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2008
    Thanks you!
    Joemess wrote:
    The flower is a Milkweed. The genus is Asclepias and it is a fairly common wildflower in the southeast. If I had to guess, I would say that it is Asclepias incarnata. but not seeing the plant and the habitat that is only a swag. (scientific wild assed guess)

    Andrew


    This is a flower that is the same Genus, but a different species.

    http://joemess.smugmug.com/gallery/3606296_EWiY3#205169329_QBKrC

    You are correct with your guess Asclepias fascicularis is what Wikipedia called it. I know nothing about plants except the ones I eat. It is nice to have a name for it though. Thanks again MM
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    — Lord Byron
  • GOLDENORFEGOLDENORFE Super Moderators Posts: 4,747 moderator
    edited April 21, 2008
    very nice, luky you spotted the spider.clap.gif
    how big was it ? they look quite small florets !
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  • teamracephotosteamracephotos Registered Users Posts: 492 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2008
    Thanks
    GOLDENORFE wrote:
    very nice, luky you spotted the spider.clap.gif
    how big was it ? they look quite small florets !
    phil.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

    It was about the size of m thumb nail. MM
    “I love not man the less, but Nature more.”
    — Lord Byron
  • JoemessJoemess Registered Users Posts: 112 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2008
    teamracephotos wrote:
    You are correct with your guess Asclepias fascicularis is what Wikipedia called it. I know nothing about plants except the ones I eat. It is nice to have a name for it though. Thanks again MM


    No problem, those are great flowers and lots species out there.
    “Tug at a single thing in nature, and you will find it connected to the universe.
    [John Muir]
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