The Liver Wart is back: Hi All We have out first Liver Wart in the north. I had to play, I find them so tiny and so pretty. I had to pick and shoot this one. and do this study of it. I...

rborud Loc: Minnesota

Hi All We have out first Liver Wart in the north. I had to play, I find them so tiny and so pretty. I had to pick and shoot this one. and do this study of it. I hope you all enjoy. RBorud

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

What an interesting pairing and engaging composition! I love what you did the with leaves. Is this flower possibly a spiderwort? See the link below. I couldn't find liverwort that produces flowers.

https://www.almostedenplants.com/shopping/products/10766-red-grape-spiderwort-tradescantia/

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rborud Loc: Minnesota

Linda From Maine wrote:

What an interesting pairing and engaging composition! I love what you did the with leaves. Is this flower possibly a spiderwort? See the link below. I couldn't find liverwort that produces flowers.

https://www.almostedenplants.com/shopping/products/10766-red-grape-spiderwort-tradescantia/

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Linda not being an entomologist by any stretch of the imagination I simply have used all the little old ladies with gardens I have known term. I am almost sure you are right, a spider-wort. Thanks for your comments.
RBorud

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

rborud wrote:

Hi All We have out first Liver Wart in the north. I had to play, I find them so tiny and so pretty. I had to pick and shoot this one. and do this study of it. I hope you all enjoy. RBorud

Now this is interesting. Beautiful shot, and I hope you don't mind if I go off on a tangent or three.

"Wort" is an old English word that means "plant" or "herb." It survives in the common names of many North American plants because English settlers and explorers named the plants they found in North America with the names of similar plants in England. "Wart" on the other hand...well, that means something else.

Now, plants in the genus Hepatica from the buttercup family are sometimes called "Liverworts." They have liver-shaped leaves (which is why they have the Latin name Hepatica

"Liverwort" or Marchantiophyta is a division of tiny non-vascular moss-like plants.

I think Linda is correct. Your plant is, I believe, a nursery trade garden cultivar of a Tradescantia, or Spiderwort species, selected for its unusual color and then propagated vegetatively. There are 30 some species in North America, 27 of them are native.

Entomologists study insects, botanists study plants.

Mike

L-Fox

rborud wrote:

Hi All We have out first Liver Wart in the north. I had to play, I find them so tiny and so pretty. I had to pick and shoot this one. and do this study of it. I hope you all enjoy. RBorud

A comet passing a dark planet.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

l-fox wrote:

A comet passing a dark planet.

What a cool interpretation!

ngrea Loc: Sandy Spring, Maryland

rborud wrote:

Linda not being an entomologist by any stretch of the imagination I simply have used all the little old ladies with gardens I have known term. I am almost sure you are right, a spider-wort. Thanks for your comments.
RBorud

A great new free app has been released by national geographic and a university that identifies species you photograph. It is call “seek”. Just point your phone camera at a plant and it ids it for you. I think it does animals too, but I haven’t tried that. It works from photos you have taken also

fergmark Loc: norwalk connecticut

Very nice! !!!

nanaval Loc: Cornwall

Very good..

rborud Loc: Minnesota

rborud wrote:

Linda not being an entomologist by any stretch of the imagination I simply have used all the little old ladies with gardens I have known term. I am almost sure you are right, a spider-wort. Thanks for your comments.
RBorud

Linda thanks for your comments, in spite of my lousy secretarial and research skills, I find at times it is somewhat defeating making images, as some observers appear not to look at images, and only see errors, or maybe it is just me. Thanks again you are so good at seeing through the confusion. RBorud

rborud Loc: Minnesota

Blenheim Orange wrote:

Now this is interesting. Beautiful shot, and I hop... (show quote)

Mike thank you for your observations and comments, I do hope you did not miss some image technique that was involved with this image. Thanks RBorud

rborud Loc: Minnesota

l-fox wrote:

A comet passing a dark planet.

I-fox thanks for getting the idea. RBorud

rborud Loc: Minnesota

ngrea wrote:

A great new free app has been released by national geographic and a university that identifies species you photograph. It is call “seek”. Just point your phone camera at a plant and it ids it for you. I think it does animals too, but I haven’t tried that. It works from photos you have taken also

ngrea thanks for your comments and advice, I do hope you have time to ponder the image. RBorud

rborud Loc: Minnesota

fergmark wrote:

Very nice! !!!

Thanks fergmark RBorud

rborud Loc: Minnesota

nanaval wrote:

Very good..

nanaval thanks RBorud