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mariposa lilies

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Yellow Star Tulip by Ruby 2417 https://flic.kr/p/2oLzJJp

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n50_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Flowers from Arcadia . San Francisco,J. T. White,1884.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25459304

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Elfin Forest Mariposa Lily - Escondido CA by Arlene Schag Via Flickr: Native

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A fabulous red beetle in a Butterfly Mariposa Lily! by Ruby 2417 Via Flickr: I would be very grateful to anyone who can identify this fabulously color-coordinated insect for me! TIA! And yes, I never see mariposa lillies without seeing bugs in the flowers, all sorts of insects love them as much as I do. Edit: A nice person at inaturalist says it's a Flower Longhorn Beetle, subfamily Lepturinae. Slopes of Mt. Diablo, Ca. May, 2022.

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Kennedy’s Desert Mariposa Lily, Calochortus kennedyi. The intensity of this color is further enhanced by the pale dry desert scrub that it blooms in. Check out the deep maroon base of each petal. It has a very short stem so it looks like this chunk of fire 🔥 amongst the pale brown surrounding rocks. I was very excited to see this flower and it was the one I wanted to find the most. Probably the most beautiful of desert wildflowers. #mariposalily #desertmariposalily #calochortus #flowerpower #californianativeplants #californianativewildflowers #californianativeplantsociety #lily @josephbrooksjewelry (at Frazier Mountain Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd8ZChArdi8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Cisco Mariposa - Calochortus ciscoensis

My first opportunity documenting a rare species on this blog! The Cisco Mariposa was only known to common science in 2008 and can only be found in 2 eastern counties in Utah and Mesa County Colorado. This curious desert flower is a member of the lily family, coming up around late spring-early summer from a perennial bulb, flowers vary from white to several shades of pink.

The Calochortus genus is common throughout west, there are many minor species and regional variants, the Cisco Mariposa was found to be distinct from the Sego lily due to the presence of curled leaves at the presence of flowers and less prominent chevrons (see image 2). Since this species is new to science, little literature is written regarding the reciprocal relationships people have had with this plant.

Using the sego lily (C. nuttali) as an example, I will suggest propagating this plant is possible by separating new bulbs from the main bulb and replanting them in gravelly soil with good drainage. For the Sego Lily both indigenous peoples and settlers have a history of utilizing the bulb as a food source, I'm uncertain if the chemical makeup of the Cisco Mariposa is the same so I will research that a bit more!

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oh yeah in other plant news, yesterday I got to dig up a dozen or so Calochortus monophyllus(monophylluses?) corms from my friend's yard cause he was going to let the goats have at 'em. They're a little stunted from the shit soil but I'm so happy. I hope they all survive the transplant <3<3<3

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mariposa lilies

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Pussy ears. Calochortus tolmiei. Uncontrollably adorable.

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n150_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Wild flowers of the Pacific coast New York :Cassell & company, limited,[c1887] biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19082830

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Mariposa Lily by Arlene Schag Via Flickr: Mariposa Lily - Calochortus is a perennial California native and endemic plant. It's natural habitat is chaparral. It can be seen blooming from April to August, often with a red-brown petal margin. Sprouts from a bulb. This individual was found in Encinitas California at Quail Botanical Gardens in an undeveloped zone AKA "tribute" to native Indians ( with a ramshackle teepee of twigs that kids didn't even want to touch) and slight margin of land that probably was too expensive to pave over because it was steep and the parking lot next door was already large enough... Companion plant in the background is Del Mar Manzanita, a rare native to Southern California that I want to see planted more in the area. I took this photo during a field trip for a Horticulture class at a local community college. I had to sneak away to find most of our overlooked and increasingly rare natives. Unfortunately most the assignments were regarding non-native plants, what is up with that?

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Pussy-ears Star Tulip/Calochortus tolmei by Sandy Steinman Via Flickr: Photographed along Sir Francis Drake Blvd at Pt. Reyes on March 14, 2022

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William Fraser Tolmie was born in Inverness on February 3rd 1812, I have the same surname but he isn’t an ancestor, as far as I am aware.

William’s mother died when he was three and he spent some years under the “irksome and capricious authority” of an aunt. He was educated at Inverness Academy and Perth Grammar School. An uncle encouraged his interest in medicine and is said to have financed his studies at the medical school of the University of Glasgow for two years, 1829–31. Although almost invariably referred to as Dr Tolmie, he was not an md: during these two years he worked for credits toward a diploma as licentiate of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, a body independent of the university. Tolmie did well in his studies, won prizes in chemistry and French, and received his diploma in the spring of 1831. He had hoped to study in Paris, but a near-fatal illness prevented him. When he recovered, he served from February to May 1832 as clerk in an emergency cholera hospital organized in Glasgow to cope with the epidemic then raging.

In the summer of 1832 the Hudson Bay Company was looking for two medical officer, William and another, Dr Meredith Gairdner signed that September a five-year contract to serve in the dual capacity of clerk and surgeon. As a clerk he would receive an annual salary rising from £20 to £50, and as a surgeon £100 per annum.

The ship arrived at Fort Vancouver in the spring of 1833. In his journal, he wrote about his accommodations at the fort, recording that the doctor's office had "a very excellent supply of surgical instruments." Just days after his arrival, Chief Factor Dr. John McLoughlin was stricken by the so-called "intermittent fever" (malaria). Tolmie treated him by him, a common practice in 19th century medicine. Like most doctors at the time, Tolmie was also a dedicated naturalist, and many plant and animal specimens as he travelled through the Pacific Northwest. He sent at least two collections of Northwest bird and animal specimens to Scotland - one to a museum in his hometown, Inverness, and one to fellow naturalist John Scouler. After Fort Vancouver, Tolmie went on to serve at several other Hudson's Bay Company posts in the Pacific Northwest. 

William Tolmie enjoyed a good relationship with Native Americans, and in one case supported Chief Leschi  of the Nisqually Tribe who was was charged with murder during the Puget Sound War, oor William measured distances, and determined it was impossible for Leschi to have made the trip to the murder site in the time required. The local Military refused to carry out the sentence as Leschi would not have been guilty as the tribe and the government were at war at the time.

Tolmie petitioned the Governor for Clemency, but the sentence was upheld. .  Leschi was executed in 1858. Later, the trial was judged to have been unlawfully conducted, the execution wrong, and Leschi innocent.

He died at age 74 in Victoria, Canada and Tolmie State Park Washington, is named after him.  Tolmie was the first European to explore the Puyallup River valley and Mount Rainier in what is now Washington Tolmie Peak is named in his honour, as is Tolmie Street in Vancouver. Plants bearing his name include Tolmie's star-tulip (Calochortus tolmiei) and Tolmie's onion (Allium tolmiei). The scientific name of MacGillivray's warbler is also named for him: Oporornis tolmiei.