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Three Birds Flying,Esporas -Bravas

Linaria trionithophora

Description:

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...

Habitat:

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!

Notes:

spotted in river Homem félinhos beach

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10 Comments

Sckel
Sckel 10 years ago

:-)

Thanks Cindy
Incrivel mesmo,eu e a minha mulher tivemos o mesmo percurso que tu,começamos a explorar TUDO á nossa volta e nunca imaginámos que havia tanta coisa "escondida" no nosso quintal :-)

Great series, António!

Sckel
Sckel 10 years ago

Muito obrigada, amigo Antonio. Voce é muito amável, sempre gentil. Eu morei muitos anos em apartamento, em cidade grande, muitos anos sem contato com plantas e insetos. Agora estou morando em uma casa com um quintal, e estou me esforçando para enche-lo de plantas para os insetos. Eu comecei explorando meu próprio quintal e descobri tanta vida pequena, que eu nem imaginava que existisse. Eu gosto do Noah, e dessa oportunidade que estou tendo de fotografar e ver detalhes de criaturas pequenas. É incrível. :-)

Obrigado Sckel,já o Sérgio adorou o local tb,queria alugar a cabana para umas férias :-) vou lá passar a tarde amanhã com a nossa http://www.projectnoah.org/users/auntnan...
que está cá a passar férias,por isso certamente amanha vou postar mais alguma coisa de lá :-)
Já agora aproveito para te dar os parabéns pelo teu percurso aqui no PN,grande evolução ,estás a tornar-te numa excelente fotógrafa e super interessante página de spotting,muito bem,parabéns mais uma vez :-)

Sckel
Sckel 10 years ago

Que lugar lindo e flores lindas, António. Eu adoraria morar nessa cabana.

Thanks jemma for you nice words :-)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

elegant!

Thanks Leanne for you nice words,it's second year the we found these ones on the same place very prety indeed :-)

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 10 years ago

So pretty :)

Braga, Portugal

Spotted on Jun 3, 2013
Submitted on Jul 3, 2013

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