Posted by Chad Merrell on July 13, 2012 at 8:33 PM
In regards to my post on the flora gallery on 7/5 entitled Gentian---
David nailed it. I returned yesterday and found the same plant and indeed the other blooms that were out had just 4 petals and this a 5 petaled bloom of Green Gentian or Elk Week. I did some reading on the plant today and found that these plants typically will live 30-80 years. They will bloom once and then die. There were lots of plants blooming so if I want to photograph this species again any time soon I had better go back next week and get it done.
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1 repliesDavid nailed it. I returned yesterday and found the same plant and indeed the other blooms that were out had just 4 petals and this a 5 petaled bloom of Green Gentian or Elk Week. I did some reading on the plant today and found that these plants typically will live 30-80 years. They will bloom once and then die. There were lots of plants blooming so if I want to photograph this species again any time soon I had better go back next week and get it done.