Greetings! My last post was over half a year ago here on my fledgling blog...not sure what happened. I think it might have been a lack of time and I eventually forgot about posting. In any event, here I am again.
Today, I'd like to share some photos of Tricyrtis hirta, also known as the "hairy toad lily." This year was the first time I saw this flower in my backyard and at first glance, it reminded me of squid (which by the way, are so very delicious!). Here's a photo of a Hawaiian bobtail squid that I found online:
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| Photo by: William Ormerod/courtesy Margaret McFall-Ngai University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Now here's a photo of the hairy toad lily ("hairy" because nearly all parts of the plant is covered with little hairs):
Pretty close, huh? The squid I had in mind actually had more purplish dots but I didn't know which species of squid of was. Anyway, back to the flower.
I had taken a good number of photographs of it but had no idea what it was called. Finally, after unsuccessful research by myself (can't wait for the day we can enter a photo as a search parameter!), I posted in the always-informative forums at DP Review and in no time, got an answer. I'm actually still slightly unsure if it is hirta species and not another one like the chinensis. Whichever one it is, I found the flower somewhat mesmerizing. Here are a couple of more photos:
Since this past April, I've taken over 15,000 photographs of various flowers in my backyard with my trusty Panasonic DMC-ZS3. I'll be presenting these photos in future posts so stay tuned!
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