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Falling Stars

Crocosmia aurea

Photo by andyarct
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40.8788, -124.09

Species ID Suggestions

Freesia (might be)
mfs37
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Montbretia

Crocosmia aurea

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ceherzog
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Comments (6)
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Really nice photos, and a beautiful subject.
andyarct
Thanks IanMichaelIleto! Clears that up!
IanMichaelIleto
Wonderful composition. I have a similar spotting including the whole plant that might help in the ID http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6941049
andyarct
Just looked up 'Freesia' on Wiki. it's a genus of 14-16 different species, so you might be partly right. Thanks mfs37, whoever you might be! :-)

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Flowers of North America
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The Color Red
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2011

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