SUM' - Flowers.. Summer / Fall flowering things 2023 Non Cycad n' Palms stuff only..

[Tom in Tucson]

9 minutes ago, Silas_Sancona said:

I think i still have DELEP  seed from H. sonorae somewhere i need to start. 

The one " Ebony "  i wish i could find seed of is the TX. Ebony relative from Sinaloa,  https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/504427-Ebenopsis-caesalpinioides    Just to compare how it grows, compared to E. ebano,  and because it is endangered. 

Imagine it would be another great tree option since it grows in the same area as Cascalote, Which does well here..

 

As an aside, I emailed Matthew Johnson the other day about how DELEP is doing, a project I'm working on, and a couple legumes I'd like to get.

Your link shows an interesting species I may ask Matt about as well.

So, have you ever heard of anybody with a cactus weed condition like mine?

 Hi 105˚, Lo 78˚ - light evening showers

[Silas_Sancona]

32 minutes ago, Tom in Tucson said:

So, have you ever heard of anybody with a cactus weed condition like mine?

 Hi 105˚, Lo 78˚ - light evening showers

Never heard of something like that around here..  Maybe something that happens in neighborhoods bordering open desert?  I'd be contacting the Audubon Society down there about the Saguaros.. Know they're looking for as many as they can obtain for restoration efforts. 

Closest large Saguaro never sets fruit ..or ..i've yet to see evidence of any.   Plenty of W.W. Doves though,  inc. the pair that had made a nest / had babies in the Ficus this year. 

[Tom in Tucson]

22 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Never heard of something like that around here..  Maybe something that happens in neighborhoods bordering open desert?  I'd be contacting the Audubon Society down there about the Saguaros.. Know they're looking for as many as they can obtain for restoration efforts. 

Closest large Saguaro never sets fruit ..or ..i've yet to see evidence of any.   Plenty of W.W. Doves though,  inc. the pair that had made a nest / had babies in the Ficus this year. 

I know this is totaly OT, but WW doves aren't too smart. They build sloppy nests that the eggs and baby birds fall out of. They also build them in bushes and palms in my yard at 3-6 ft. from the ground. The king snakes have easy pickings, and I've seen them break a wing of adults so they can feast on the young birds in the nest. It's a wonder their numbers are so great.

Good idea about contacting the Audubon Society.

Hi 101˚, Lo 83˚

Edited August 16 by Tom in Tucson

[Silas_Sancona]

4 minutes ago, Tom in Tucson said:

I know this is totaly OT, but WW doves aren't too smart. They build sloppy nests that the eggs and baby birds fall out of. They also build them in bushes and palms in my yard at 3-6 ft. from the ground. The king snakes have easy pickings, and I've seen them break a wing of adults so they can feast on the young birds in the nest. It's a wonder their numbers are so great.

Good idea about contacting the Audubon Society.

Hi 101˚, Lo 83˚

I had a near-ready fledgling fall out of the nest but other than that, they seem wise enough.. esp w/ the neighbors cat farm around..  I'll find the remains of Doves killed each year ( by the ___ Cats ), but pretty sure those are Mourning Doves.. Eurasian Collared are the " dumb nest builders " around here..  Get about mid-way through building a pile of sticks, then abandon it, only to repeat the process a few more times before completing one somewhere. Worse OCD than someone who'd constantly rearrange the plants in their yard, lol.

[Silas_Sancona]

Sum' Saturday stuff:

More sun - rays out front..







 Rest are close, and tall now..



Tithonia rotundifolia,  Mex. Red Sunflower ..Finally got one to flower, lol.. couple more plants near this one should bloom this year as well.



Senna hirsuta   gearing up for another bloom cycle ..Happy to say these survived the heat last month, though it burned off all the flowers that were on it at that time. Hopefully that won't occur this time around.



Lynn's Legacy TX Sage.. light response to recent increase in humidity.. Hopefully will respond more to this weekend's higher humidity.






Some new Plumeria cuttings in the works..  Stuff picked up from JJ on the way as of this afternoon..



Some seedlings of a species Plumeria ( P. cubense ) a very generous PT member sent when they sent some other things..  Seed was originally collected in habit, in Cuba.



Cordia sebestena seedlings starting to pop,  Thanks to the same person who sent the Plumeria seedlings, and a few cuttings..

An interesting mystery..  How did this  G. coulteri  seedling end up out front?  Neither of the ones i planted out there are old enough to start setting seed.. One at the old house may be, but i've yet to see any fruit on it yet ..and i certainly wouldn't plant seed off the potted specimens in this spot, let alone randomly out front..

[Rivera]

Some late bloomers

Epilobium canum

Artemisia pycnocephala

Couple of Dudleya hassei

Dudleya brittonii green form, maybe hybridized with farinosa or another species

Corethrogyne filaginifolia, formerly Lessingia genus I think

[Silas_Sancona]

It may be the final few days of Meteorological Summer,  but certainly aren't the last flowers of the " warm " season.

The " Senna Sisters ":

S. covesii





S. hirsuta v. glaberrima





S. wislizenii



Ruellia nudiflora



Cochlospermum palmatifidum  ..or gonzalezii..



Distimake aureus back to flowering after going semi- dormant ( leaves / flowers ) during the worst of this summer's heat in July.




A trustworthy sign of changing seasons when " The Little Green Monster " starts flowering..  Ipomoea hederaceca  We'll see how much it responds to some rain ( hopefully ) later this week, and cooler overnight lows as we start September   ...if the forecast doesn't change.










Ratibida columnifera   flowering again after a badly needed, mid- summer hair cut ..






Chocolate flower,  doing the same...



Solanum houstonii,   who also got a haircut this summer..




Clitoria mariana   adding some small, but mighty pops of leaf color as well..  Waiting to catch it in flower, something missed last year.  Despite remaining somewhat small in size due to constraints imposed by less water / constant heat here, quite pleased that this mid elevation native ( here in S. AZ ) continues to  survive in it's shady ..but still plenty warm... location here in the valley.  Can see this warm season, ground cover-y -ish Legume doing well where conditions might be a tad more favorable for optimal growth in CA.











....And of course, the " Theme of the Season " continuing to shine sunny rays as the seasons start to change.. 























 

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[Silas_Sancona]

Fall's opening acts,  and continuing theme.

The little green ( ...and Blue ) Monster, Ipomoea hederacea














Clitoria mariana..  finally caught flowering..







September  " Sun "- beams..

























 

[Silas_Sancona]

Senna hirsuta  about a quarter through it's fall flowering cycle..



Senna wislizenii



Gossypium thurberi





Leucophyllum Langmaniae " Lynn's Legacy "



Ruellia nudiflora   ..much nicer than the extremely invasive option,  Ruellia simplex..



Cochlospermum palmatifidum



Distimake aureus



Ipomoea hederacea  at peak bloom..

[Silas_Sancona]

Sum' -more color on this final day of " Astronomical "  Summer..

Aloysia gratissima 



Galactia wrightii ..Actually able to flower now  w/ out the sun burning them up before they really open..







First  Conoclinium dissectum  flowers of the fall..



More Senna wislizenii   Sunshine. second specimen planted is about to light up as well. 





...Senna hirsuta, w/ a visitor, ..one of our local Xylocopa sps. 

[Peter]

@Silas_SanconaMy Senna 'Golden Wonder' is starting to flower for the first time; will post when further along