Flower Pots 2008 (Part 1)

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Brodiaea Images Spring 2008: Part 1
Grown In Flower Pots In San Marcos, California
© W.P. Armstrong 15 May 2008
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All images on this page were taken with a Nikon D-40x and 60mm Micro Nikkor macro lens using a
Phoenix RF46N ring flash. The flower color for Brodiaea species on this page is blue-purple to violet.
I have attempted to match their natural color; however, they may appear different on your monitor.

Themidaceae: Brodiaea Family

Brodiaea jolonensis (Monterey County)

Inland BTT: Brodiaea terrestris ssp. terrestris (San Luis Obispo County)

  B. terrestris terrestris in San Luis Obispo County  

Coastal BTT: Brodiaea terrestris ssp. terrestris (Monterey County)

Coastal BTK: Brodiaea terrestris ssp. kernensis (Otay Mesa)

Coastal BTK: Brodiaea terrestris ssp. kernensis (Figueroa Mtn., Santa Barbara Co.)

4-Merous Coastal BTK: Brodiaea terrestris ssp. kernensis (San Marcos)
[This unusual growth form has the flower parts in 4's rather than 3's]

4-merous Brodiaea terrestris ssp. kernensis from San Marcos in May 2008.

Same 4-Merous Plant Photographed One Year Later (26 May 2009)

This 4-merous Brodiaea terrestris ssp. kernensis from San Marcos produced flowers with perianth parts in 4's the following year.

Note: The next flower on this plant was a typical (normal) 3-merous flower.

Montane BTK: Brodiaea terrestris ssp. kernensis (Laguna Mtns.)

Montane BTK: Brodiaea terrestris ssp. kernensis (Cuyamaca Lake)

BTK: Brodiaea terrestris ssp. kernensis (Kern County)
These corms were collected in 2006 in Kern County, but did not bloom until May 2009. The staminodes are slightly inrolled along upper margins but not hooded. In general, they superficially resemble populations of Montane BTK in the Laguna Mts. of San Diego County. The anther connectives are not dentate; however, connectives in Kern County are variable and range from an entire V-shaped notch to a definite dentate lobe.

Brodiaea terrestris ssp. kernensis from Kern County. Anther connectives are not dentate as in B. terrestris ssp. terrestris from San Luis Obispo County. The staminodes are not conspicuously hooded as in southern California Coastal BTK.

  See Brodiaea terrestris ssp. kernensis In Kern County  

Brodiaea terrestris ssp. kernensis x B. filifolia or B. orcuttii (San Marcos)
[This sterile hybrid has small anther sacs that do not produce pollen.]

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