Unknown flower, can any one identify?
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Unknown flower, can any one identify?
Each year I see these flowers( in Spring) that do not have any associated leaves.. Can some one tell me what they are? Sorry I only had an old legacy lens so its not much of a close up. Lens is Canon (S mount) 50mm F0.95
Still learning,
Cameras' Sony A7rII, OLympus OMD-EM10II
Macro lenses: Printing nikkor 105mm, Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G, Schneider Kreuznach Makro Iris 50mm , 2.8, Schnieder Kreuznach APO Componon HM 40mm F2.8 , Mamiya 645 120mm F4 Macro ( used with mirex tilt shift adapter), Olympus 135mm 4.5 bellows lens, Oly 80mm bellows lens, Olympus 60mm F2.8
Cameras' Sony A7rII, OLympus OMD-EM10II
Macro lenses: Printing nikkor 105mm, Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G, Schneider Kreuznach Makro Iris 50mm , 2.8, Schnieder Kreuznach APO Componon HM 40mm F2.8 , Mamiya 645 120mm F4 Macro ( used with mirex tilt shift adapter), Olympus 135mm 4.5 bellows lens, Oly 80mm bellows lens, Olympus 60mm F2.8
It would be usefull to know where in the world the picture is taken. Your user name could indicate somewhere around New Zealand?
If I saw something like this in northern Europe I would say: Lathraea squamaria (scrophulariaceae). It is common on good soils in woods in April.
Easily recognisable by the lack of green colors. It has no chloroplasts because it has specialized in parasiting the roots of different trees and bushes, preferably hazel (Corylus).
It might have some similar relatives in New Zealand?
Troels
If I saw something like this in northern Europe I would say: Lathraea squamaria (scrophulariaceae). It is common on good soils in woods in April.
Easily recognisable by the lack of green colors. It has no chloroplasts because it has specialized in parasiting the roots of different trees and bushes, preferably hazel (Corylus).
It might have some similar relatives in New Zealand?
Troels
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