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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Dinosaurs


Fritillaria affinis
Vancouver Island

I think this looks like a dinosaur head..no? Its got teeth!



This odd color form is showing up in a different pot of F. Carica, but it looks somewhat similar to F. kittaniae...gonna have to do some keying.

Beautiful day,

Mark
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  1. Love them Frits. There is something rather Saury about them, never noticed it before...Love Dinos too.

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