By David Moore
Photos taken in the first week of April, 2009.
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- Photo taken April 1st. What’s wrong with this picture?
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- Rhododendron species R. calophytum is sturdy enough to take the April Fools joke.
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- April 2, 2009. Bear in mind that flowers are the sex organs of plants. The prominent yellow pistil capped with a stigma is the female receptor of male pollen (which is borne on stamens) seeking entrance down the stalk, called a style, which leads to the ovary at its base.
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![B.C. native skunk cabbage [Lysichitum americanum]. This member of the Arum family also goes by the more charming name Swamp Lantern.](http://slowcoast.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/dsc02913.jpg?w=150&h=112 "Skunk cabbage")
- B.C. native skunk cabbage [Lysichitum americanum]. This member of the Arum family also goes by the more charming name Swamp Lantern.
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![B.C. native trillium [Trillium ovatum]. Collected with extreme care from the wild, these plants make the adjustment to a woodland garden well. If they are given moist and shady conditions they multiply and naturalize.](http://slowcoast.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/dsc02916.jpg?w=150&h=112 "Trillium")
- B.C. native trillium [Trillium ovatum]. Collected with extreme care from the wild, these plants make the adjustment to a woodland garden well. If they are given moist and shady conditions they multiply and naturalize.
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![Sometimes the promise is as enticing as the payoff. B.C. native fawn lily [Erythronium oregonum] lifting delecate buds up through the moss.](http://slowcoast.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/dsc02919.jpg?w=150&h=112 "Fawn Lily")
- Sometimes the promise is as enticing as the payoff. B.C. native fawn lily [Erythronium oregonum] lifting delecate buds up through the moss.
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