A few from Austin today
Added 2022-06-13 20:27:52 +0000 UTCAsclepias viridiflora has some of the coolest flowers of any milkweed (but really you could say that about any of the species), with pinkmaroon hoods. Silphium albiflorum is a Texas endemic with sandpaper-ey laciniate leaves adapted to the druland limestone prairies of Central Texas, and Chamaecrista fasciculata produces bizarre flowers with brown anthers and extrafloral nectaries on its petioles, which pay the ant bouncers that help defend the plant against other insects.
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hope to visit a cuz under Houston on Brazoria River. Biodiversity must remain at this or >level. Animals too🙃.
W Glen Bateman Jr
2022-06-18 19:23:05 +0000 UTCGlen in St.Petersburg, Fl. nosing in
W Glen Bateman Jr
2022-06-18 19:12:38 +0000 UTCHere in Houston I've got Asclepias perennis in my pocket prairie. You should check out the Sam Houston National Forest. Bet there are tons of great plants in there (and the shade helps in this current heat wave).
2022-06-14 14:52:14 +0000 UTCmilkweeds are just getting ready to flower here in Albany, New York
Better&Better
2022-06-14 01:43:06 +0000 UTCWould love to meet you while you're in town!
squidnebulae
2022-06-14 00:54:28 +0000 UTCI fucking love milkweeds, but I had no idea they ever look like that! This is beautiful, thank you!
2022-06-13 23:17:59 +0000 UTCIs there a known shared trait (or family) for plants with nectaries? Learning about the nectarie insect coevolution blew my mind 🤯
2022-06-13 21:24:48 +0000 UTCI see some Silphium albisomethingorother going on there in the background. I love Silphiums. I have all of the varieties that are native here.
April Hughes
2022-06-13 21:12:25 +0000 UTCEyyyy I just planted some Asclepias fascicularis yesterday. Giddy up!
John Frum
2022-06-13 20:43:19 +0000 UTCYoooo. 2 crass ATX fans that killed the fuck out of their lawn for milkweed & more friends have a chance of hanging or hosting y’all lol? Your videos are forever cooler than “professional” shit, but also do production for a living and hope to use it for the same purpose.
Alex Masi
2022-06-13 20:41:45 +0000 UTCYes, welcome to Austin, be careful not to sweat your balls all the way off!
Tycho
2022-06-13 20:38:53 +0000 UTC
