Paul Stenquist wrote: >I like this very much. It's soothing. > >We have a lot of the standard three-petal trillium in Michigan, it's our >state flower and a protected species. But all that I've scene here, >including quite a few in my yard, are pure white. This sample, which is >obviously a close relative of trillium, is quite elegant.
I'm told that the four leaf "quadrilliums" are exactly the same species as trilliums but are just individual mutants, like four-leaf clovers. This is the second one I've ever seen, the first being on Grandfather Mountain (where Jim Morton told me he found a five-petal "quintilium" once!) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
