The Takao Area (May 22nd)

  

 Calanthe discolor (Ji Ebine).

I made it for their prime time this year!

    I hiked around the Takao area to see some orchids.

I found several patches of Calanthe discolor (Ji Ebine) flowers in their prime.

I saw quite a few Cephalanthera falcata (Kin Ran), but most of them were already fading.

I checked how the Dendrobium moniliforme (Sekkoku) flowers were doing, and they were just starting to bloom.

高尾周辺を歩いてきました。

コミヤマスミレも流石にちょっとだけ花が残ってるだけで、スミレからランの季節にすっかり切り替わっていました。

  

Sarcochilus japonicus (Kaya Ran).

植生じゃないのははじめて見ました。

花は終わってたけど…

 

Sarcochilus japonicus (Kaya Ran).

It was my first time to see this kind of orchid.

 

Cremastra appendiculata (Saihai Ran).

こちらもまだ咲き出したばかり。

蕾を付けた株が周囲に多数ありました。

 

Calanthe discolor (Ji Ebine).

 

Calanthe discolor (Ji Ebine).

 

Calanthe discolor (Ji Ebine).

華やかに群生していました。

 

Calanthe discolor (Ji Ebine).

横顔もおもしろいですね。

 

Calanthe discolor (Ji Ebine).

 

Asarum tamaense (Tama-no-Kan-Aoi).

 

Asarum tamaense (Tama-no-Kan-Aoi).

いろんなタイプの葉っぱがあります。

 

Calanthe discolor (Ji Ebine).

This one has pretty pink in the petals.

 

Calanthe discolor (Ji Ebine).

It was beautiful through the sunlight.

 

Cephalanthera longibracteata (Sasaba Gin Ran).

I found the only one.

 

 Cephalanthera falcata (Kin Ran).

 

 Cephalanthera falcata (Kin Ran).

This kind has amazingly bright yellow flowers.

 

 Calanthe discolor (Ji Ebine).

The biggest patch on that day!

 

Calanthe discolor (Ji Ebine).

They cut down the trees around this spot.

 

Calanthe discolor (Ji Ebine).

周囲は、大規模な間伐が行われていました。

流石にこの群生は目立っていたのか、

そこだけ取り残されたように咲いていました。

 

Magnolia obovata (Hoo-no-ki).

The flower has strong sweet smell.

 

Helwingia japonica (Hana Ikada).

 

Hemerocallis dumortieri var. esculenta (Nikou Kisuge).

 

Pseudopyxis depressa f. angustiloba (Hoshizaki Inamori-sou).

 

Pseudopyxis depressa f. angustiloba (Hoshizaki Inamori-sou).

 

 Pseudopyxis depressa (Inamori-sou).

 Most of them were not yet blooming.

  

Clematis japonica (Hanshou-zuru).

 

Dendrobium moniliforme (Sekkoku).

It was just starting to bloom.

 

Oberonia japonica (Youraku Ran).

遠すぎてトリミングしたらこんなショボショボな画像に…

でも結構な大株なのは分かっていただけるはず…

 

Viola maximowicziana (Ko Miyama Sumire).

本当にわずかに咲き残ってるだけ。

 

Viola maximowicziana (Ko Miyama Sumire).

It has curly sepals.

カールした萼が特徴。

The Hybrid Violet

 

Viola phalacrocarpa x Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana (Aso Kikuba Sumire). 

The hybrid between Viola phalacrocarpa (Akane Sumire)

and Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana (Higo Sumire).

    Here are the pictures of an interesting hybrid of violet.
It had six flowers blooming this year!

 

The flowers looks like pretty much like the ones of Viola phalacrocarpa (Akane Sumire).

 

There were 3 plants.

This one finished blooming.

The leaves are interesting, eh?

 

The leaves and stems have tiny hair.

 

Lots of tiny hair in the center of the flower.

 

Bombylius major (Major bee-fly).

 

This picture was taken 2 days after I took the ones above.

The colors were already fading and one flower out of six was finishing.

Ogouchi Pass, Okutama (May 11th)

 

Viola hirtipes (Sakura Sumire).

    I went to Ogouchi pass from Okutamako to find some violets.  I found quite a few of Viola hirtipes (Sakura Sumire) and Viola violacea var. makinoi (Makino Sumire) on the ridge to Ogouchi pass.

奥多摩湖から小河内峠へ出かけてきました。
防火帯では、フモトが葉っぱを出して少しづつ咲き出していました。
ヒゴは葉っぱがほとんど…遅かったのか、早かったのか何とも微妙な感じ。
峠に近づくいた急峻な斜面では、マキノがかなり咲き出してました。
しばらくするとサクラスミレも発見。辺りを見ると結構な数、咲いてました。
すぐ近くにマキノやエイザンの葉っぱもありますが、花は見えず。
でも、なかなか面白い一角でした。
そこから月夜見駐車場、風張峠、藤倉バス停へと下りました。
下山途中、スミレはぱっとしませんでしたが、所々で見渡す山並みが美しかったです。

 

I started the hike from the Ogouchi dam at Okutamako.

 

The sky was pretty clear.

 

Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana (Higo Sumire).

I found some leaves of this kind of violet, but I found only one flower blooming.

 

Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana (Higo Sumire).

Maybe it was too early or too late for them?

 

The greens were amazing on the ridge.

 

Viola violacea var. makinoi (Makino Sumire).

There were quite a few of them on the steep slope on the way to Ogouchi pass.

 

Viola violacea var. makinoi (Makino Sumire).

 

 疲れても、こんな緑に包まれてたらリフレッシュできてしまいます。

 

Viola hirtipes (Sakura Sumire).

The first one I found today!

初めに見つけた一輪。

 

Viola violacea var. makinoi (Makino Sumire).

花が終わった後でした。

 

Viola hirtipes (Sakura Sumire).

一角だけ、サクラスミレがあちこちに。

 

Viola hirtipes (Sakura Sumire).

 

Viola hirtipes (Sakura Sumire).

右上にはエイザンの葉っぱ。

 

Viola hirtipes (Sakura Sumire).

 

Viola hirtipes (Sakura Sumire).

 

Viola hirtipes (Sakura Sumire). 

左にはマキノの葉っぱ。

何だか期待しちゃいます。でも花期は合わないようで…

 

Viola hirtipes (Sakura Sumire).

葉っぱも結構、大きくなるんですね。

 

Viola hirtipes (Sakura Sumire).

 

Viola hirtipes (Sakura Sumire).

 

Viola hirtipes (Sakura Sumire).

 

Viola violacea var. makinoi (Makino Sumire).

 

The view of mountains on the way to Kazahari Pass.

 

Viola phalacrocarpa (Akane Sumire).

 

Mt. Sougaku and Mt. Gozen.

 

The view on the way down to Fujikura, Hinohara.

 

Rhododendron kaempferi (Yama Tsutsuji).

 

The flowers in the garden near Fujikura.

 

Wisteria floribunda (Fuji) flowers were in their peak.