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Sandi
Guest
14 years ago

I love the picture and had to chuckle at the name and description. That is truly an unjust name for such a beautiful flower!

BB
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BB
3 years ago
Reply to  Sandi

Desert hyacinth
All blue colored flowers are magnificent displays
It’s hyacinth

Sandi
Guest
14 years ago

I love the picture and had to chuckle at the name and description. That is truly an unjust name for such a beautiful flower!

bluelaker4
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bluelaker4
14 years ago

Amen, Sandi! Very beautiful flower, very unfortunate name.

bluelaker4
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bluelaker4
14 years ago

Amen, Sandi! Very beautiful flower, very unfortunate name.

Hale Hollis
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Hale Hollis
14 years ago

I suppose if i know what is good for me, (which i find hard to do) i will not comment at this perfect moment in time. I am an adult, i am an adult, i am an adult. ok i cant help myself, did ya here the one about the pretty flower that went into the bar and introduced himself to the barmaid?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Hale Hollis
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Hale Hollis
14 years ago

I suppose if i know what is good for me, (which i find hard to do) i will not comment at this perfect moment in time. I am an adult, i am an adult, i am an adult. ok i cant help myself, did ya here the one about the pretty flower that went into the bar and introduced himself to the barmaid?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

nursemyra
Guest
14 years ago

what’s the botanical name?

Staff
Member
14 years ago
Reply to  nursemyra

Dichelostemma pulchellum

Staff
Member
14 years ago
Reply to  Staff

I think that dick is shortened from dichelostemma but I’m not sure.

nursemyra
Guest
14 years ago

what’s the botanical name?

Staff
Member
14 years ago
Reply to  nursemyra

Dichelostemma pulchellum

Staff
Member
14 years ago
Reply to  Staff

I think that dick is shortened from dichelostemma but I’m not sure.

Trisha
Guest
14 years ago

The photo of this flower reminds me of agapanthus (sp?) I wonder if they are related. What does the rest of the plant look like?

Staff
Member
14 years ago
Reply to  Trisha

Trisha, because of the angle and closeup, the blue dick looks much larger than in real life. An agapanthus (you spelled it right) gets up to 6 feet in height but a blue dick is only about a foot and a half tall. Here are a couple of photos of one from the Yosemites–this variety is a bit bluer than what I took a photo of. I think they are both in the lily family though

Trisha
Guest
14 years ago
Reply to  Staff

Thank you. I will look for this flower when I am out walking. Now I know to look down near my feet!

olmanriver
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olmanriver
14 years ago

are u trying! to bait me and ernie into saying something we shouldn’t? i have been chanting hale’s “i am an adult, i am an adult…” but i am not able to convince myself of that. ok, let us go with my deviant mind’s option #3:

may i suggest that this flower would thrive with some companion planting…perhaps a pink lady?

Mary Turowski
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Mary Turowski
6 years ago
Reply to  olmanriver

The flower or the cocktail? Either way, it’s a good thing.

olmanriver
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olmanriver
14 years ago

are u trying! to bait me and ernie into saying something we shouldn’t? i have been chanting hale’s “i am an adult, i am an adult…” but i am not able to convince myself of that. ok, let us go with my deviant mind’s option #3:

may i suggest that this flower would thrive with some companion planting…perhaps a pink lady?

Staff
Member
14 years ago

I am an adult. I am an adult. I am a…. Oh, heck. I think a pink lady would be very appropriate especially considering that most of the people I knew called them Naked Ladies.

olmanriver
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olmanriver
14 years ago
Reply to  Staff

when those nekkid ladies get tired of ol’ blue dich….they might really swoon for an amorphallus and that the long spadex inside the enormous maroon-lipped spathe.

hey we are all adults here… and it’s springtime!

ernie@branscombcenter.com
Guest
14 years ago
Reply to  olmanriver

I’m an adult, I’m an Adult… oh heck I’ll never grow up… darn.

There is a whole genus of mushrooms called “Genus Phallus”. I would provide a link, but it is too intimidating to me. If you just have to see them, you can Google them yourself!

I can’t even repeat in polite company what we used to call a whole variety of those little blue flowers. But, it was racially insensitive, and it had to do with toes. I have grown up a little bit, and I know enough not to give anyone a handle on me to grab for using thoughtless language.

Staff
Member
14 years ago

I am an adult. I am an adult. I am a…. Oh, heck. I think a pink lady would be very appropriate especially considering that most of the people I knew called them Naked Ladies.

olmanriver
Guest
olmanriver
14 years ago
Reply to  Staff

when those nekkid ladies get tired of ol’ blue dich….they might really swoon for an amorphallus and that the long spadex inside the enormous maroon-lipped spathe.

hey we are all adults here… and it’s springtime!

ernie@branscombcenter.com
Guest
14 years ago
Reply to  olmanriver

I’m an adult, I’m an Adult… oh heck I’ll never grow up… darn.

There is a whole genus of mushrooms called “Genus Phallus”. I would provide a link, but it is too intimidating to me. If you just have to see them, you can Google them yourself!

I can’t even repeat in polite company what we used to call a whole variety of those little blue flowers. But, it was racially insensitive, and it had to do with toes. I have grown up a little bit, and I know enough not to give anyone a handle on me to grab for using thoughtless language.

Staff
Member
14 years ago

Leave it to you to know those plants!

Staff
Member
14 years ago

Leave it to you to know those plants!

Terry H.
Guest
14 years ago

Very pretty Blue Dick you have there.

Terry H.
Guest
14 years ago

Very pretty Blue Dick you have there.

beachcomber
Guest
14 years ago

So this guy I used to date would try and convince me….oh, never mind. You frightened me a bit.

beachcomber
Guest
14 years ago

So this guy I used to date would try and convince me….oh, never mind. You frightened me a bit.

Staff
Member
14 years ago

Heck, Ernie and OMR terrified me!

Staff
Member
14 years ago

Heck, Ernie and OMR terrified me!

olmanriver
Guest
olmanriver
14 years ago

dirty ol’ men!

but i bet we made you blush and smile and that is a good thing for the circulation and endocrine systems.

olmanriver
Guest
olmanriver
14 years ago

dirty ol’ men!

but i bet we made you blush and smile and that is a good thing for the circulation and endocrine systems.

Staff
Member
14 years ago

Not to mention being good for the complexion!

olmanriver
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olmanriver
14 years ago
Reply to  Staff

The Dichelostemma Capitatum has an edible corm that the the 1st peoples of California ate wherever they were found: Atsugewi women dug them on the volcanic slopes of Mount Lassen; Paiute women irrigated patches of them in the sandy soils of the Great Basin; Ohlone women uprooted them in the clay soils of the Sand Francisco Bay area.4″ from M. Kat Anderson’s “Tending the Wild”, Native American Knoledge and the Management of California’s Natural Resources, pg 42
It is also called a Wild Hyacinth.

Staff
Member
14 years ago
Reply to  olmanriver

Hey cool. I didn’t know that!

Staff
Member
14 years ago

Not to mention being good for the complexion!

olmanriver
Guest
olmanriver
14 years ago
Reply to  Staff

The Dichelostemma Capitatum has an edible corm that the the 1st peoples of California ate wherever they were found: Atsugewi women dug them on the volcanic slopes of Mount Lassen; Paiute women irrigated patches of them in the sandy soils of the Great Basin; Ohlone women uprooted them in the clay soils of the Sand Francisco Bay area.4″ from M. Kat Anderson’s “Tending the Wild”, Native American Knoledge and the Management of California’s Natural Resources, pg 42
It is also called a Wild Hyacinth.

Staff
Member
14 years ago
Reply to  olmanriver

Hey cool. I didn’t know that!

naturemyway
Guest
14 years ago

These are beautiful Kym! However, I would gladly pummel the moron who named them!

PS – This must have been taken in Alaska, as everybody knows that blue dick occurs naturally in cold climates!! (sorry – couldn’t help myself)

Staff
Member
14 years ago
Reply to  naturemyway

Repeat after me, “I am an adult. I am an adult.”

naturemyway
Guest
14 years ago

These are beautiful Kym! However, I would gladly pummel the moron who named them!

PS – This must have been taken in Alaska, as everybody knows that blue dick occurs naturally in cold climates!! (sorry – couldn’t help myself)

Staff
Member
14 years ago
Reply to  naturemyway

Repeat after me, “I am an adult. I am an adult.”

Kato
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Kato
14 years ago

Thank you all for the ample warning that this is an adult topic. That said, I will admit to eating blue dicks (Kat Anderson’s book is an excellent reference for native food). But I’ve never tasted buckeye balls.

Perhaps another suitable companion plant for naked ladies and blue dicks would be cleavers herb– also known as bedstraw. When the velcro-like seedpods mature and twist up your socks into dread-rags, I’ve heard them called “mother-f*@$#!rs”.

olmanriver
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olmanriver
14 years ago
Reply to  Kato

Male gardeners will tell you that little clumps of blue bells are often found near the base of the the blue dichelostemma, particularly in alaska. (kato made me say that)

Kato
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Kato
14 years ago

Thank you all for the ample warning that this is an adult topic. That said, I will admit to eating blue dicks (Kat Anderson’s book is an excellent reference for native food). But I’ve never tasted buckeye balls.

Perhaps another suitable companion plant for naked ladies and blue dicks would be cleavers herb– also known as bedstraw. When the velcro-like seedpods mature and twist up your socks into dread-rags, I’ve heard them called “mother-f*@$#!rs”.

olmanriver
Guest
olmanriver
14 years ago
Reply to  Kato

Male gardeners will tell you that little clumps of blue bells are often found near the base of the the blue dichelostemma, particularly in alaska. (kato made me say that)

Kato
Guest
Kato
14 years ago

Kym, think you need to link this discussion to your mistletoe entry?

Olman, you can’t blame your postings on me; take responsibility for your own “blue bells”.

Turns out, what I’ve been digging up in the summers is a brodeia: good raw, good roasted, too.

olmanriver
Guest
olmanriver
14 years ago
Reply to  Kato

According to the SPCA…
“Additional Common Names: Wild Hyacinth
Scientific Name: Hookera pulchella
Alternate Scientific Names: Brodiaea pulchella, Dichelostemma pulchellum
Family: Amaryllidaceae”

A hookera pulchella named blue dick?!

My blue bells are named’chi-chi’,…. and not to be confused with dwarf blue bells!

Kato
Guest
Kato
14 years ago

Kym, think you need to link this discussion to your mistletoe entry?

Olman, you can’t blame your postings on me; take responsibility for your own “blue bells”.

Turns out, what I’ve been digging up in the summers is a brodeia: good raw, good roasted, too.

olmanriver
Guest
olmanriver
14 years ago
Reply to  Kato

According to the SPCA…
“Additional Common Names: Wild Hyacinth
Scientific Name: Hookera pulchella
Alternate Scientific Names: Brodiaea pulchella, Dichelostemma pulchellum
Family: Amaryllidaceae”

A hookera pulchella named blue dick?!

My blue bells are named’chi-chi’,…. and not to be confused with dwarf blue bells!

Kato
Guest
Kato
14 years ago

Didn’t mean to bust your bells, there, olman.

Think the SPCA will accept petitions for name changes? (Who are they, anyway? The Society for the Prevention of Crudity to Amaryllis?)

Kato
Guest
Kato
14 years ago

Didn’t mean to bust your bells, there, olman.

Think the SPCA will accept petitions for name changes? (Who are they, anyway? The Society for the Prevention of Crudity to Amaryllis?)

olmanriver
Guest
olmanriver
14 years ago

So you heard from them too?!

I would say more but I woke up feeling a litle purple, and blockheaded, and I can/t get the grimace? off my face….you seem to be happy enough tho.?

olmanriver
Guest
olmanriver
14 years ago

So you heard from them too?!

I would say more but I woke up feeling a litle purple, and blockheaded, and I can/t get the grimace? off my face….you seem to be happy enough tho.?

Staff
Member
14 years ago

I’m experimenting with the faces. I’m not sure how I feel yet. It cracks me up that you are so angry looking though!

Staff
Member
14 years ago

I’m experimenting with the faces. I’m not sure how I feel yet. It cracks me up that you are so angry looking though!