Sunday's hike 4 by jcv2

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Apr 20, 2005

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Description

It's a great joy to see the forest-soil covered with leaves starts withs outbursts of life in spring! This bittercress (Cardamine Pentaphyllos) blooms here and there, joyfully coloring parts of the forest. It's family of the well-known cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis) that colors meadows with pink or whitish flowers. The Cardamine-family has many members, and pentaphyllos means it has five leaflets. It's funny to look it up in my botanical guide, there is (among many other species) C. trifolia (3 leaflets), C. pentaphyllos, C. heptaphylla (7 leaflets) and C. enneaphylla (9 leaflets)! Well, up to here our daily lesson of Latin LOL! :) Minolta X-700 (Fuji Sensia 100, 70 mm) Thanks for your attention and your always valuable comments

Comments (17)

ZotKonijn

2:54AM | Wed, 20 April 2005

Beautiful flowers! I've never seen those flowers!! Excellent shot!

AgentMai

3:07AM | Wed, 20 April 2005

I can see why you enjoy hiking...who would have thought little pockets of colour would appear in the shade! Very pretty flowers, worth the walk. Its refreshing to see something green and lush! =)

Sylvaine

5:22AM | Wed, 20 April 2005

I real Lesson of Botanic...thanks for sharing

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Zacko

5:35AM | Wed, 20 April 2005

Wow, that is one sharp photo!!! Love it!!! Excellent capture of these wild grown flowers. Well done indeed, have a great day #:O)

parb1194

5:54AM | Wed, 20 April 2005

Beautiful spring capture. Excellent!!!! :o)

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escafeld

6:04AM | Wed, 20 April 2005

Thanks for the Latin lesson and forest flowers. Excellent!!!

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diomedes66

7:34AM | Wed, 20 April 2005

Spring has indeed sprung! Well done!

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TwoPynts

8:15AM | Wed, 20 April 2005

Thanks for the edifying text and pretty flowers. Spring is such a wonderful time to be out in nature.

deannemart

8:50AM | Wed, 20 April 2005

Such a beautiful shade of green in these leaves! I'm enjoying these walks through the woods :)

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sharky_

9:50AM | Wed, 20 April 2005

Richness is there and its exposing it self. Beautifully done! Aloha

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Akinom

3:57PM | Wed, 20 April 2005

What a wonderful find, JC! The blooms have such a lovely colour!

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Enmos

5:28PM | Wed, 20 April 2005

They are beautiful Jan-Carel, i dont think ive ever seen them before !! Wonderful shot here and thanks for the lesson in Latin !! :o)

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blacq_nyght_vampyre

7:44PM | Wed, 20 April 2005

This is one beautiful composition!!! Perfect in all ways!!!

tvernuccio

9:42AM | Thu, 21 April 2005

the forest floor is BEAUTIFUL!!!! isn't it amazing to see new life shooting up out of the soil!!!!!! luv those lavendar flowers!!!! those are bittercress? Gorgeous capture, Jan-Carel!

georgeclarke

10:59AM | Thu, 21 April 2005

An excellent photograph, wild flowers look so much better represented in their natural settings. We do not have this one in Britain. But it's couisin pratensis is common here in the damper meadows of the Cotswolds where it also enjoys the local name of Milkmaids. An old fancy perhaps that it's colour is like the cheeks of those young ladies. George Clarke

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sossy

12:45PM | Thu, 21 April 2005

what a beautiful flower and find! it looks soft and wonderful with its colored dress! a pure grace! ;o)

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Gabrielsdream

7:17PM | Thu, 21 April 2005

Excellent capture, brings to life the magical growing carpet we walk on in these lush forests; I can conjure up the sounds as we tread on fallen twigs and branches! Great hike!