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posted: September 30th, 2012
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This page begins and ends with September 16th and a trip to/climb of Mt. Takao (599 m = 1,965 ft) and Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro (670 m = 2,199 ft). From Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro we hiked down the trail to Kagenobu Pass and then down to the bus stop. It started raining between I-Ccho-Daira and Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro and continued to rain on and off the rest of the hike - sometimes quite hard.
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Begin September 16th
  On Sunday, September 16th Kazuya and I went out to Mt. Takao (599 m = 1,965 ft)and climbed that mountain as well as hiking the trail to Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro (670 m = 2,199 ft) and climbing it. On the trail from Mt. Takao to Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro we found this patch of Susuki Grass (Miscanthus sinensis) that practically covered the trail. In the 3rd photo that's Daniel out in front.
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  In 1st and 3rd position are 2 more photos of that patch of Susuki Grass (Miscanthus sinensis). The center photo - out of sequence for balance - shows a very small flowered Monkshood, which Kazuya identified as Aconitum loczyanum.
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  In 1st and 3rd position are photos of the flowers of Keiskea japonica. This is the plant which produces the Frost Flowers which often appear in our December or January photos. In center position, again out of sequence for balance, is a shot of what we refer to as the "Bottle Brush Flower". It is Cimicifuga simplex.
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  In first position is an example of Pertya scandens. In 2nd and 3rd position are 2 shots of Salvia nipponica. Generally we see the blue flowered Salvia guarantica.
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  This was the very first time we had ever found a white flowered Impatiens, so it must be quite rare. This is Impatiens textorii f. pallescens. There was an abundance of the common pink form of Impatiens textorii, but we only found 3 flowers of this Impatiens textorii f. pallescens.
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  Here is a final shot of Impatiens textorii f. pallescens in first position. In 2nd position is the very tiny flowered Polygonum filiforme and in 3rd position is the common pink form of Impatiens textorii.
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  In 1st position is a shot of me wearing my new hat, which Kazuya got for me for my 65th birthday. In 2nd and 3rd position are 2 more shots of the common pink Impatiens textorii.
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  Here is a plant/flower which we rarely see. It is Chelonopsis moschata.
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  In 1st and 2nd position are 2 more shots of Chelonopsis moschata. Down near the bottom of the trail we found the largest patch of Begonia grandis which we have ever found - one shot is shown in 3rd position.
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  Here are 3 more shots of that amazingly large patch of Begonia grandis.
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  Here are 2 final shots of Begonia grandis and a final shot of Chelonopsis moschata. And, that's all for this date.
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End September 16th, End Page 2
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