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posted: July 31st, 2013 |
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On this page we'll summit Mt. Korenge (2,766 m = 9,075 ft) and continue on towards Mt. Shiroumadake (2,932 m = 9,620 ft). The first photo on this page was taken at 8:05 AM and the final photo on this page was taken at 10:42 AM on July 6th. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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In this row are 3 shots of Erigeron thunbergii ssp. glabratus - so pretty at this time of the year - and something we did not expect to find so early in the season! In the far background of the 3rd photo you can see a little bit of Ooike (Big Pond).
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And here are 3 final shots of Erigeron thunbergii ssp. glabratus. In the 2nd one you can see that we're going to soon be in the clouds.
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Here are 2 shots of Phyllodoce aleutica - one quite close. The 3rd shot shows me at the summit of Mt. Korenge (2,766 m = 9,075 ft). We're now in the clouds.
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The first photo in this row shows Schizocodon soldanelloides f. alpinus (the red flower) and Phyllodoce aleutica (the white flower), the 2nd photo is a somewhat cloudy scenery shot and the 3rd photo shows Oxytropis japonica var. japonica.
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The first photo in this row shows Rhodiola rosea and the second and third photos are of Viola crassa ssp. alpicola. This was not a new violet for our Life List.
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The flower shown in the next several photos is what we specifically came here to find at its prime, so you should expect to see a pretty large number of shots of it. It is Lagotis glauca and grows only in high elevations and only in a very limited number of locations in Japan. We had seen it here before and we also saw it on Mt. Yatsugatake. I believe that the best photo we've ever gotten of it is HERE (new window or tab).
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As you'll most likely notice, we are in the clouds now and it's pretty dark. We had to use our camera's flash for most of these photos.
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Here is a shot of a very early Saxifraga bronchialis ssp. funstonii var. rebunshirensis. This is the most intriguing flower. WHY did it evolve so that the inner part of the flower has yellow spots and the outer portion has orange spots? What particular insect is the pollination vector for this species? The 2nd image is cropped out of the 1st photo to show you additional detail. In 2010 we found several of these flowers, but this early in the season we only found about 3 plants which were blooming. The 3rd shot is a magnificent example of Lagotis glauca.
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Here are 3 more specimens of Lagotis glauca.
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In this row the first photo is a fairly rare example of the while flowered version - Lagotis glauca f. albiflora. In the 2nd shot you'll note what an relative abundance of Lagotis glauca we found on this adventure.
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In the first shot in this row is the final example of Saxifraga bronchialis ssp. funstonii var. rebunshirensis. The 2nd and 3rd shots show the same specimen of Lagotis glauca, but the 3rd shot was taken closer to the plant.
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In first position in this row you can see Lagotis glauca (the blue flower) and Anemone narcissiflora (the white flower). In 2nd position is Lagotis glauca (the blue spiked-top flower) and Oxytropis japonica var. japonica (the short blue flower). In 3rd position is a shot of Kazuya which I took while he was shooting a Lagotis glauca.
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Here are 2 more shots of Lagotis glauca and then a shot of Pedicularis verticillata. And, that's the final photo on this page - taken at 10:42 AM - there is still a lot of daylight left! The first shot on the next page was taken at 10:49 AM.
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