Walk around the Neighborhood (March 29th & 31st)

 

Viola japonica (Ko Sumire) in our home garden.

    I caught a bad cold this weekend, so we didn't go to anywhere special.  Here are the pictures taken this weekend.

風邪をひいてしまい、今週末は自宅の近所にちょっと出かけただけで、家でじっとしてました。
自宅の鉢植えも花盛りです。近所の桜を見に行ったら、カワセミに出会いました。
神代植物公園の桜ライトアップを見に行ってきたのですが、照明の数が少ないのと配置が良くないためか、あまりぱっとしませんでした。桜自体は流石に散り始めでした。
今度の週末は、どこかにスミレ探しに行きたいなぁ…。

 

Zanthoxylum piperitum (Sanshou) in our home garden.

 

Viola japonica (Ko Sumire) in our home garden.

 

Gentiana zollingeri (Fude Rindou).

 

Viola keiskei (Maruba Sumire).

 

Cherry blossom in the ICU campus.

 

Cherry blossom in the ICU campus.

 

Alcedo atthis (Kawasemi) in Musashino Park.

 

 Alcedo atthis (Kawasemi) in Musashino Park.

It got a fish!

 

Alcedo atthis (Kawasemi) in Musashino Park.

 

Cherry blossoms in Musashino Park.

 

Carduelis spinus (Ma Hiwa).

 

Cherry blossoms in Musashino Park.

 

Cherry blossoms in Jindai Botanical Garden.

 

Cherry blossoms in Jindai Botanical Garden. 

They were doing light-up this weekend, but the light-up wasn't so nice.

They need more lights.

 

Cherry blossoms in Jindai Botanical Garden. 

Minami Takao to Mt. Kobotoke Shiroyama, Takao (March 23rd)

 

Viola chaerophylloides var. sieboldiana (Higo Sumire).

    We went to see violet flowers in Minami Takao area.  We got up early in the morning and took trains to Hashimoto Sta., and then took the bus to Kami Nakazawa BS.
    We walked from there to Oodarumi Pass, and then up to Mt. Kobotokeshiroyama, where we had lunch with Nameko soup.  After that we walked down to Hikage, where we found some Viola yezoensis f. discolor (Takao Sumire) leaves and a few flower buds.

南高尾エリアを歩いてきました。
ここでもスミレは花盛り！アカネもヒゴも咲いてましたよ。
途中、予定を変えて、結局、大垂水峠を経由して、小仏城山でなめこ汁とともにお昼飯。
その後、日影に下りました。

 

We got off the bus at Kami Nakazawa BS.  We can see the tip of Mt. Fuji.

 

Here is the close-up of Mt. Fuji.

 

Viola phalacrocarpa (Akane Sumire) in Minami Takao area.

 

The smoke of cedar pollen!

Amazing, isn't it?

火事かなと思ったら、花粉でした！

 

The view of Tsukui Lake from Mine-no-yakushi.

 

Viola japonica (Ko Sumire).

 

Viola phalacrocarpa f. glaberrima (Oka Sumire).

The stem has practically no hair.

 

Viola phalacrocarpa (Akane Sumire).

The stem has lots of tiny hair. 

 

Viola phalacrocarpa (Akane Sumire).

 

Viola obtusa (Nioi Tachitsubo Sumire).

 

Viola obtusa (Nioi Tachitsubo Sumire).

It was so tiny!

 

Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana (Hina Sumire).

This one has whitish flowers.

 

Viola bissetii (Nagaba-no-sumiresaishin).

 

Viola grypoceras (Tachitsubo Sumire).

 

Viola grypoceras (Tachitsubo Sumire).

 

Viola phalacrocarpa (Akane Sumire).

この南高尾のコース、アカネが本当にたくさん咲いています。

 

Viola phalacrocarpa (Akane Sumire).

今年はやはり一株一株が、花付きがよくこんもりしてます。

 

Viola phalacrocarpa (Akane Sumire).

 

Viola phalacrocarpa (Akane Sumire).

 

Cymbidium goeringii (Shun Ran).

 

Viola phalacrocarpa (Akane Sumire).

 

Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana (Hina Sumire).

The pink flowers were so pretty!

 

Viola chaerophylloides var. sieboldiana (Higo Sumire).

今年もちゃんと咲いてました。

 

Viola chaerophylloides var. sieboldiana (Higo Sumire).

エイザンの葉っぱよりも細かく切れ込んでいます。

 

Viola chaerophylloides var. sieboldiana (Higo Sumire).

 

Viola chaerophylloides var. sieboldiana (Higo Sumire).

 

Viola chaerophylloides var. sieboldiana (Higo Sumire).

 

The Tsukui Lake from the view point near Nakazawa Pass.

 

It looked pretty different from last year.

We noticed the water lever was really low.

 

The violet with interesting leaves were still there.

It had no flowers this year, either...

 

近くにエイザンが生えていたので、エイザンがらみの交雑種かと思うのですが、

今年も花はつけていませんでした。

 

個体数自体はかなりあります。

でも、花芽はちょっと見当たらず。

 

Cymbidium goeringii (Shun Ran).

 

比較的歩きやすい道が続きます。

 

Viola eizanensis (Eizan Sumire).

 

Oodarumi Pass.

From here we went up to Mt. Kobotoke Shiroyama.

It took about one hour.

 

Viola grypoceras f. purprellocalcarata (Otome Sumire).

花弁に一筋、紫の線が入ってました。

 

Viola bissetii (Nagaba-no-sumiresaishin).

 

Viola yezoensis f. discolor (Takao Sumire).

日影ではタカオスミレも出始めていました。

 

Viola yezoensis f. discolor (Takao Sumire).