Greetings,
So happy to see some good pictures from the May trip!
@Marc The lavender blooms on/near the summit of Mt. Pinos are Calochortus invenustus rather than C. splendens. The invenustus can be nearly stemless at the summit but knee-high further down the mountain (where they also bloom about a month earlier).
You can find C. splendens on the lower slopes of the mountain among sage brush and Hesperoyucca. There, at around 6000ft, you can find both the brilliant vermillion of C. kennedyi and a richly coloful population of C. venustus as John mentions (though it requires a good rain year for a satisfying bloom).
@JohnW: You have found C. kennedyi near Figueroa Mtn? Can you reply to my email address with more details about that tricky road? I have found C. catalinae, C. argillosus and C. clavatus on Figueroa Mtn but never C. kennedyi...
Mt. Pinos in late June could be another option for a fieldtrip...
-|<ipp
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Subject: Re: [pbs] May 2021 bulb field trip in central California
I've found C. splendens reliable in that area, even in such dry years. You were close to the C. venustus red form population, but that blooms earlier...at least at the lower elevations. To the west, on the road up to Figueroa Mtn., there is a small population of C. palmeri and I've seen large populations of C. kennedyi up there as well, though on a VERY tricky road. There are nice populations of Allium howellii and Lewisia rediviva earlier in mid-spring. Up at the top of Mt. Pinos you'll see a wonderful population of Iris missouriensis and Veratrum californicum if you time it right. This might be a little late for those, and again its been dry.
John WickhamLos Angeles, CA
On Sunday, July 4, 2021, 4:27:03 PM PDT, Robert Parks via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
And this is what was on top of that sheer roadcut...a few more C. superbus.
On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 4:14 PM Robert Parks <trolleypup@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you Michael! It was a very fun day. Thank you for posting
> pictures...I intended to do so, but we know what good intentions are.
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> Robert
> in cool San Francisco
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> On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 4:03 PM Marc Evans via pbs <
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>> On Mt Pinos in the SE of the Los Padres forest we saw fields of C
>> splendens (I believe) at over 8000 feet, must have been well over 1000
>> bulbs scattered amongst the carpet lupine and paintbrush, finding seeds for
>> coastal calochortus species to prolog are is why my wife and I joined this
>> list. She is a horticulturist for the LA natural history museum’s native
>> gardens and we grow our favorites at home here in coastal south LA. At some
>> point we will get the hang of this list and join in on the fun. 😊
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>> > Michael,
>> > What a great travelogue for those of us who live in other ecosystems!
>> Seems like great material for a magazine article or for a garden club
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>> > Who owns the land on that coastal plain/prairie?
>> > Bob Zone 7
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