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posted: April 30th, 2015 |
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This page begins and ends with April 12th and our outing to the Hikage Creek Area, a climb to the Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-Yama summit (670 m = 2,199 ft) for the 54th time and then an additional climb to the summit of Mt. Kagenobu (727 m = 2,385 ft) for the 12th time. From there we descended to the bus stop and took a bus back to Takao Station and headed home. we found an abundance of violets on this outing. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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The first thing we found was Viola yezoensis f. discolor (Takao Violet). All 3 photos in this row show this species. The center image shows the outlined area of the 3rd photo. The f. discolor refers to the purplish-brown color of the leaves of this violet.
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All 3 photos in this row show what could be a cross between the Viola yezoensis f. discolor (Takao Violet) and the normal Viola yezoensis (Hikage Violet). Note that the leaves are not very purplish brown at all.
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WOW! Check out this beautiful flower of one of the species of Arisaema sp. (Jack-in-the-Pulpit). Of course the 1st image includes only the outlined area of the next photo.
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The first 2 shots in this row seem to be of Viola yezoensis (Hikage Violet), while the 3rd shot is most decidedly of a Viola yezoensis f. discolor (Takao Violet).
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The first shot in this row is very similar to the previous photo and is, of course, Viola yezoensis f. discolor (Takao Violet). The 2nd and 3rd shots show Anemone flaccida in the wild. Remember the photo of the small patch of this species on Page 1, Row 10, Center Photo? Quite a difference, eh?
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Here are 3 shots of Asarum caulescens growing on a small hillside above Hikage Creek. We don't manage to get here for the peak of blooming of this species every year, but when we do get here at the proper time we always seem to manage to get some nice photos.
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In 1st position in this row is another Viola yezoensis f. discolor (Takao Violet), mixed in with some Oxalis griffithii var. kantoensis. The 2nd shot is a perfect one of an entire Viola yezoensis f. discolor (Takao Violet) plant and the 3rd shot seems to be a Viola yezoensis (Hikage Violet).
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The hardcover version of "A Pocket-Size Version of Some Violets of Eastern Japan - 2nd Edition" book will be available on Amazon and through your favorite bookstore on May 15, 2015. The list price is $33.95. The ISBN-10 is 099621612X and the ISBN-13 is 978-0-9962161-2-8 if you want to write those down and ask your local bookstore to order it for you. It is 124 pages and contains about 105 images. The images are the same as the paperback version, the only thing different is the hard cover. The list price for the paperback version is $24.79. Of course you can find it by going to the "Our Books" button at the bottom of this page and clicking the "General Information" link and going from there.
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 Hardcover Edition of 'A Pocket-Size Version of Some Violets of Eastern Japan' available May 10, 2015 |
In this row you can see a Viola yezoensis (Hikage Violet) and then a Viola yezoensis f. discolor (Takao Violet) and in 3rd position a Viola eizanensis.
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Here are examples of Viola phalacrocarpa f. glaberrima and Viola obtusa for you to enjoy. Can you recognize any of them on your own yet?
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There are a couple of places along the trail to Mt. Kagenobu where we sometimes can find the pinkest Viola eizanensis flowers that we ever see. Here is one example, the 2nd image being cropped out of the outlined area of the first photo. The 3rd shot is a scenery shot in which you can see quite a number of Mountain Cherry Trees (Yama-Zakura) in bloom.
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Here are 3 more amazingly pink examples of Viola eizanensis. The 2nd image shows the outlined area of the first photo and is different enough from the one immediately above it so that it is worth showing to you. The 3rd shot is kind of an overview photo showing this plant growing among the dead grass.
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Here are the final 3 photos which we want to show you from this outing. The first shot is of a Viola obtusa, the 2nd shot shows a Mountain Cherry Tree (Yama-Zakura) in bloom down below us in the forest and the 3rd shot shows three nice Cymbidium goeringii Orchid flowers. Note the cute little insect sitting atop the far right flower.
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