tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139897458352171700.post1618661655536912167..comments2024-02-24T01:20:15.942-08:00Comments on Letters: Once (or maybe twice) in a lifetime: Pink Flannel Flower, Actinotus forsythiiPeter Quintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792870906211463225noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139897458352171700.post-17667710226258910782021-02-20T15:40:14.158-08:002021-02-20T15:40:14.158-08:00There are a lot of unanswered questions here.
Wh...There are a lot of unanswered questions here. <br />Why evolve a mechanism that requires smoke to trigger germination?<br />- perhaps, after a fire, there is more clear space and less competition. But, assuming the watchmaker is blind, maybe it is that strange coincidence of circumstances that leads to this mass flowering event.<br />Have we here really had catastrophic fires here ever 50-100 years for the past 120,000 years?<br />The 120,000 year basement comes from Lake George sediment studies which identifies significant ash events from about that time to recent time? This period includes lots of minor glaciation events and maybe 2 pole reversals with associated irradiation. I have no doubt about the impact on the water cycle by agricultural practice and short term human impacts of climate - but we might have here an echo of other deep cycles of catastrophe. Peter Quintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04925682389368386060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139897458352171700.post-89097889841874612772021-02-20T02:23:53.208-08:002021-02-20T02:23:53.208-08:00Nature has so many interesting aspects to her. But...Nature has so many interesting aspects to her. But those flowers looked pretty enough that she shouldn't hide them the way she does.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03706477542043070385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139897458352171700.post-16449438948548032452021-02-18T22:02:23.837-08:002021-02-18T22:02:23.837-08:00Hi Julianne
Asters are very pretty - down here i a...Hi Julianne<br />Asters are very pretty - down here i am more likely to come across break'o'day daisies but i still come across asters every so often.<br />I am very impressed with iNaturalist - i put all of my data onto something like that - the Canberra nature Map - but it doesnt have the speed of the iNaturalist identification modules.<br />Cheers PeterPeter Quintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04925682389368386060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139897458352171700.post-55705943234435798682021-02-17T14:10:28.350-08:002021-02-17T14:10:28.350-08:00The flower and leaves look similar to that of the...The flower and leaves look similar to that of the Michaelmas daisy. A very lucky sighting of of something so precious. The inaturalist site is very helpful in identification. Have used a few times. Happy hunting.😀Juliannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08850371469054557500noreply@blogger.com