Friday, November 1, 2013

Crane-fly Orchid

Tipularia discolor   http://ui.uncc.edu/story/crane-fly-orchid-nature-flower

although most of the sites I checked have photos of the flower it is the leaf that I find fascinating and much more showy in my garden.
This is just starting to show up in several places in the little wood.
Mostly at the base of trees.




 I have only once seen the flowers as they are quite small and colorless
 & I don't go into the woods as much in the summer.
That is the purple back of the big leaf in the centre of this picture the front of the leaves are green and purple with raised dots. How cool is that! 

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