A Flower near Cabrillo Light Station
I noticed this while taking photos of the light station just north of Mendocino. It was alone. No others were to be seen.
Can anyone identify it?
posted by James Moule @ 11:16 PM
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I saw a photo of an idendical flower in a Nature Photography book. It was called a Columbia Lilly. The photo was taken in Washington State.
(The professional photographer took a much better picture.)
In california we tend to call it a tiger lily, but common names mean nothing. If it is Lilium columbaianum, then the common name Columbia Lilly works too, but I would need to see the leaves and size because there are more or less three species it could be.
Today I saw an exhibit of wildflower paintings by A. R. Velentinien on loan from the San Diego Natural History Museum and the Irvine Museum. One painting appeared identical to this photo. It was labeled as an Occelated Humboldt Lily (Lillium Humboldtii ssp ocellatum). The label explained that the key to identifying this flower is that it is orange with maroon spots on the petals.
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