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amateuranthecologist:
http://www.amateuranthecologist.com/2015/10/flowerlessness.html

In this post I've began to cope with the prospect of the (mostly) flowerless Winter, and began to expand my knowledge of plants to include gymnosperms and ferns, as well as various bryophytes including lichen.

amateuranthecologist:
Just a few weeks ago, I turned 30 (November 5th), so we took a family trip to San Francisco to visit my parents and some other family members. Naturally, I took a lot of photos of plants that grow in the niche habitats of the mild Bay Area (including many South African subtropicals). Here is the link:

http://www.amateuranthecologist.com/2015/11/road-trip.html

amateuranthecologist:
As a member of the Pacific Bulb Society, I participate in the many seed exchanges throughout the year. I received an order recently, and shared photos of the seeds to the Amateur Anthecologist blog:

http://www.amateuranthecologist.com/2015/11/seeds.html

amateuranthecologist:
The imminent end of the active pollinator season. It is starting to look like Scotland here in Rogue River (cold and wet).

http://www.amateuranthecologist.com/2015/11/inert.html

Maggi Young:
From Travis :
Hi ya'll,

In my mixed-coniferous SW OR zone 7 garden, Spring is behind the nearby cities of Rogue River, Grants Pass, and Medford, by a couple weeks. Honeybees have been active since late January, and there have recently been a few bulbs to bloom.

A single daffodil, an unnamed bulb from a "naturalizing mix" (most of which died, btw) is in bloom, and has attracted a few honeybees. This is odd, honeybees have not shown the slightest interest in daffodils here that I know of. The bee spent five minutes trying to get at the nectar from outside the corona, quite entertaining, before finally finding it's way in, only to forget how to get in again and giving up.

I made a video, see it here:



Cheers,

Travis Owen
Rogue River, OR

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