Update: I had originally posted that this flower a Lily, it is not. We were at the Iris gardens and it is an Iris.
Swan Lake and Iris Gardens
June 6, 2022
Green on Purple
Tag Archives: Green
Disappearing Tree Frog
Going…
going…
going…
…one last peak and I’m gone…
Anole on a Burl
This Anole stopped on a pretty interesting looking burl…
…just having a look around…
Green Oddity
I started this post last summer, hoping to take additional images showing this plant unfolding and perhaps more little flowers.
That never happened and now that we are in the brown, brown, brown season of winter this green seems pretty inviting.
Resurrection Fern, More Robust
A more healthy looking grouping of Resurrection Fern was nearby the Resurrection Fern, On Brick from my previous post. It was well shaded and the detritus buildup on the branch held much more water to revive the fern than the brick.
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
December 31, 2021
Resurrection Fern, On Brick
Resurrection Fern is the common name of the species Polypodium polypodioides, a plant that grows on the surface of other plants and trees, and is most well known on Live Oaks around the Low Country of South Carolina. It springs to life when it rains, then slowly dries up, appearing dead.
Conversation with New Zealand blogger Ms. Liz about her post of a fern at Exploringcolour.wordpress.com/ has inspired me to work on ferns today. I thought I’d start small.
These fronds are typically 4 to 12 inches (10 to 30 centimeters) in length (National Wildlife Federation) and this particular collection was smaller.
The images in today’s post are of the fern growing on this brick wall that encloses a cemetery plot. A one inch (2.5 cm) plus rainfall the day before had worked its magic and the fern was looking quite lively. I suspect squirrels use this wall as a lunch spot accounting for the partially chewed Magnolia seed pod.
I’m using the term Resurrection Fern loosely here, as it appears to me there are multiple variations and I know nothing about more specific identification.
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
December 31, 2021
I’ve posted about this fern a few times and it’s not uncommon for it to appear in other images along side a bird. Other Resurrection Fern Posts
Wordless Wednesday: Reaching Out
Follow up to : Who’s Calling? and The Line’s Gone Dead
Grasshopper Head On
My backyard Grasshopper gave me a few head on looks.
Actually it is hard to tell where he might be looking with those side mounted eyes.
He didn’t seem to mind me looking back at him.
August 7 and 10, 2021
Tree Frog On a Frond
Tree Frogs pick some risky places to hang out. This one was in plain sight and could easily be picked off by a clever bird.
However, there weren’t any birds about that I saw so his bigger risk might have been falling into the river.
From a different angle the frog looked like he had some more secure choices for his next leap.
Skinny Tree at Rest
I would never be surprised to find the Skinny Tree had succumbed to the elements and fallen into the pond. Happily, it made it through another wading bird nesting season, providing a start to one Great Blue Heron chick in the top nest and five or six Great Egret chicks in at least two nests lower down.
All sorts of birds will use the tree as a perch for the next several months for fleeting moments. Come December the cycle will start again again when the Great Blue Herons start staking out nest sites and hopefully this tree will be around to participate.
It appears that the duck box has no bottom, so any Wood Ducks looking for a nesting spot will have to find another location.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
July 23, 2021