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zasu In reply to Ilharess [2009-02-25 22:47:10 +0000 UTC]

looks like veratrum to me too

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Ilharess In reply to zasu [2009-02-26 16:53:32 +0000 UTC]

poisonous beauty

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zasu In reply to Ilharess [2009-02-26 20:04:44 +0000 UTC]

scary how toxic it is.. i've seen bees dead, laying in the flowers!

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Ilharess In reply to zasu [2009-03-01 08:41:35 +0000 UTC]

there's only one insect species, some kind of bumblebee, that can pollinate those flowers and they are immune to the poison. if the flower is planted outside its natural range, i guess poor things don't know it's poisonous...

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zasu In reply to Ilharess [2009-03-06 06:06:30 +0000 UTC]

these (the ones i've seen) are actually growing wild in their natural range - the rocky mountains, 6 or 7,000 feet up. i think the bees may not be the sharpest knives in the drawer. :/

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Ilharess In reply to zasu [2009-03-06 17:04:28 +0000 UTC]

strange but then, maybe the bees moved from elsewhere so they do't know

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zasu In reply to Ilharess [2009-03-09 01:44:19 +0000 UTC]

lol... we're talking about complete, extreme wilderness - hundreds of miles from human habitation. they're not likely to have moved in from somewhere else.

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Ilharess In reply to zasu [2009-03-10 16:56:05 +0000 UTC]

i understand, but i'd think insect would

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