The Akigawa Area (April 7th)

 

Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).

      Today I went to the Akigawa area to see Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire) flowers.
The trail was quiet and I met only one couple hiking.  It must have been a little early for Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire) flowers, so there weren't so many yet, but I found quite a few flowers blooming already.

シハイスミレを確認に行ってきました。ちょうど咲き始めたところのようで、可愛らしいピンクの花が落ち葉から顔を出していました。蕾のものもあるので、まだこれからしばらく楽しめそうです。

 

Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).

This is the first one I found today.

 

Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).

This one has dark pink flower.

 

Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).

 

Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).

 

Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).

落ち葉に埋もれながらひっそり咲いています。

 

Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).

 

Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).

 

Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).

今回一番の美人さん。

 

Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).

 

Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).

This one has whitish flower.

 

Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).

The backside of the leaves are dark purple.

 

Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).

 

Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).

The flower has long spur.

 

Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).

 

Viola obtusa (Nioi Tachitsubo Sumire).

It has nice smell.

 

Viola obtusa (Nioi Tachitsubo Sumire).

花柄に微毛が生えてます。タチツボよりも鮮やかな紫色。

Somewhere in Tama Area (April 12th)

Akigawa River.

Today we went to some trail near the Musashi-itsukaichi area to see some Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire) flowers. It was a little bit too late to go there this year, so we found quite a few plants of the violet after flowers. Still, we could find some flowers of the violet and also another beautiful violet; Viola obtusa (Nioi Tachitsubo Sumire). Some of them might be the hybrid of this kind and Viola grypoceras (Tachitsubo Sumire), but it is too difficult for us to identify exactly.


Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).


Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).
The backside of the leaves are purplish green.


Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).


The greens were just starting to grow.


Viola obtusa (Nioi Tachitsubo Sumire).
It has beautiful color flowers, which have a nice fragrance.


Viola obtusa (Nioi Tachitsubo Sumire).
Their flower stems are a little hairy.


Viola obtusa (Nioi Tachitsubo Sumire).


Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).


Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).


Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).


Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).


Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire).


Viola verecunda (Nyoi Sumire).


Viola obtusa (Nioi Tachitsubo Sumire)... This one might be the hybrid with Viola grypoceras (Tachitsubo Sumire).


It felt really nice to walk under the beautiful greens with nice breeze.

Somewhere in Tama area (April 5th)

Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire)
今年も元気に咲いていました．．．シハイスミレ。

Today we went to some hills at the Tama area, where we saw the nice patches of Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire) flowers last year. They were blooming this year, too. And we notice that quite a few Cymbidium goeringii (Shunran) flowers there, too. Today we found lots of kinds of violets, but Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana (Higo Sumire) was not blooming yet.

多摩地区のとあるハイキングコースへ出かけてきました。高尾の日影沢の様に、思慮のない人まで大量に押し寄せることのないよう、場所は秘密にしておきます。（でも、知ってる人は知っているはず。）
今年もちゃんと咲いていました、シハイスミレ。ニオイタチツボスミレもかなり咲いています。不思議な所に生えているヒゴスミレも健在でしたが、花が咲くのはもう少し先になりそうです。スミレの他に、今回、シュンランもたくさん、目にすることができました。



Cymbidium goeringii (Shunran)


Cymbidium goeringii (Shunran)


Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire)
Pretty tiny one...compare with the size of acorn.
ドングリと比べてみても、この子はかなり小さかったです。


Viola phalacrocarpa (Akane Sumire)
アカネスミレも見つけました。


Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire)


Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire)
Backside of the leaves are purplish.
葉の裏は紫みを帯びています。


Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire)
The spurs are long and skinny.
後姿はこんな感じ。


Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire)
こんな立派な株もありました。


Viola obtusa (Nioi Tachitsubo Sumire)
This one has the nice smell.
いい香りがします。


Viola verecunda (Nyoi Sumire)
去年も咲いていた所に、もう咲いていました。


Viola obtusa (Nioi Tachitsubo Sumire)
この紫色がとても素敵です。


Viola grypoceras (Tachitsubo Sumire)
これもタチツボスミレでいいのかなぁ．．．葉っぱの様子が他とは違っているような．．．


Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana (Higo Sumire)
Interesting shapes of leaves.
つぼみをつけた株はこのひとつだけしか見つけられませんでした。

Nishi Tama Area (April 7th)

Cymbidium goeringii (Shunran)

We went to the same spot that I saw Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire) the other day. This time we found quite a few Cymbidium goeringii (Shunran) flowers beside the trail, which I didn't notice them at all the other day. We also found some Viola obtusa (Nioi Tachitsubo Sumire) here and there, which have nice fragrance on the flowers. At the end of the trail the big surprise was waiting for us. We happed to encounter some Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana (Higo Sumire). It was first time for us to see that violet.

先 日、シハイスミレを見つけた場所へ再び出かけてきました。今日は、シハイスミレ以外の花にも気がつくことができて（この間は初めてのシハイスミレに興奮 しすぎていたようです…）、これまたお初のヒゴスミレにお目にかかることができました。現物を見ることで、ようやっとエイザンスミレとの違いに少し納得が いきました。


Viola violacea (Shihai Sumire)


Viola obtusa (Nioi Tachitsubo Sumire)


Viola verecunda (Nyoi Sumire)


Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana (Higo Sumire)


Their flowers are smaller than Viola eizanensis (Eizan Sumire).


It has really interesting shaped leaves.


「こ、こんなところに？」というような所に生えていました。