A quick foray around the inner part of my yard and garden, the border between me and the ever-encroaching woods, and there was this stinky beauty sticking out beneath a chunk of bark and looking all too much like a weird male intromittent organ.
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September 2018
Here's close-up of the tip. It's just getting started with the mass of spores yet to develop. Interesting that it depends on flies drawn to the stink to spread its spores.
and one more photo... Yeah, it's average size whatever that means. Next to a Virginia Creeper for comparison.
alright, wildflowers. The usual Liatris photo, this time a closeup covered in dew. As the flowers open going down the stalk, the flowers are smaller and fewer.
Here's my one and only non-native Showy Rattlebox - Crotalaria spectabilis. I'll be pulling up real soon, before the 2" rattlepods form. There is a pretty Bella moth that uses this as a larval host but fret not my dear moth...
… the neighbors next door are looking out for you.
A shot of my weather station showing 80 80 80 at 11 AM - temp, heat index and humidity. I've been watching this the last couple weeks, noting every hour and trying to determine when we get real fall weather. Anything below the 80s would be fine. Today at 11 it is 81 88 88 and still heating up. At least we are not seeing 100º heat index like 2 weeks ago.
and some more wildflowers from comments I've posted recently but many may miss.
My current favorite Liatris photo — it’s faded now but the Chrysopsis to the left is about ready to flower.
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