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Linaria trionithophora
Linaria was believed to be a Snapdragon relative, but was recently moved to the Plantain family after genetic research was done on it. Three Birds Flying grows taller than most Linarias, and the flowers are quite big. Its main blooming season is spring and summer, although it flowers well into fall here in San Francisco. The inflated, 1½" blooms appear in whorls along foot-tall spires. The color is bright pink with a hint of lavender or purple, and the throat is tipped in yellow. They have an interesting shape no matter what angle you view them from! The species name, triornithophora, is Latin for "bearing three birds", although the whorls can sometimes have 4 flowers. So the plant really should be named "Three or Sometimes Four Birds Flying" http://www.strangewonderfulthings.com/22...
Linaria triornithophora is a rare, unusual perennial from Portugal and Spain that always attracts comments. It grows 2 to 3 feet tall, putting out lots of exotic, pink & yellow blooms for much of the year. This is a delightful novelty that deserves to become very popular with gardeners - especially since it's easy to grow!
spotted in river cávado félinhos beach,i was saving it for 1000 one,but i'am going to let that one suspended :) i would love that this was a wild orchid,but something tell me that is not the case,lets se if someone id it :)
i know Emma :)i'am following him since first day,it was him that gave me the welcomes here,it was the lucky of the beginner,i allway hav:)and since that day i follow the incredible voyages of my frind Dan the nº1 spotter ,i dont make a big message to him because i make that yesterday or two day's ago about the http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/817... "(Golden Snub-nosed Monkey was chosen by Animal Planet as part of their Bigger Picture feature) "and about his first spotting,to me the Wow of him is the higthest honor i can expect,i'am very happy Emma:)
Thanks Dangermouse,nigth flash shoots make the colour more real like the flower is in reality,i maked some more shoots of this plant yesterday in another place during the day and is almost impossible,with my photo material been able to capture the colour your eyes se.
@thanks Laura and OnengDyah,this flower is one of the most beautiful that i ever saw,realy beautiful and wild to,i pass there two days ago and they cut all the grass and flowers in Felinhos beach,it's the cleaning's for the summer season with the hundreds of people that goes there,it was a lucky shoot,one more day and they whre cuted :)
@thanks any way Viv,you are awesome,you have the work so i apreciated the same way :)
@Emma the english name is much more beautiful than the portuguese name,that means wild spurs,not bad but not beautiful like three birds flying :)
@Thanks Jolly for you intusiasm :) it's a gorgeous flower and in the place at the twiligth,it's a vison :)
@Thanks Chief RedEarth for your kind words
@Thanks Sachin
thks Patty,yes we are blessed with an enormous amonth of wild flowers,and in the Madeira and Azores islands the thing is taken to an amazing rate and you find very rare endemics flowers,unfortnely we dont have active spotters in the islands,a few people began but...from there we have photos from tourists what is very nice :)
Gatorfellows,thanks very much,based in your suggestion i search in google for images of Figwort famely and in the process i nail the id of this one is a Linaria triornithophora very common among us,so i'll make the changes tommorow and thanks a lot for the id suggstion ,i'll keep the wild orchid quest for more time :)
Portugal has beautiful flowers =), especially in Madeira, island of flowers =); great picture!
Spotted on May 29, 2012
Submitted on Jun 5, 2012
