by hankinslawrenceimages | May 13, 2009 | Flowers, Liliaceae Family, Wildflowers
In addition to the Vasey’s Trillium, another trillium that I photographed for the first time on my recent trip to Tennessee was Catesby’s Trillium. Like Vasey’s Trillium, the flower on the Catesby’s Trillium is found below the leaves of the plant. The flowers of the Catesby’s Trillium start out white, and turn pink as the blossoms age.
I spotted my first Catesby’s Trillium along Goforth Creek. I was photographing some violets, looked up the hillside and realized that right above me was a trillium I’d never seen. Once I checked my books, I identified it as a Catesby’s Trillium.
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
This next photo shows how the blossom hangs down and the petals turn back.
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
As I hiked further up the trail, I spotted several more Catesby’s Trillium. This pair were right along side the trail. It was rainy and muddy the day I was hiking along Goforth Creek. I ended up lying in the mud – shooting up to get these last few photos.
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
This is my favorite Catesby’s Trillim photo from Goforth Creek – it really shows the detailed beauty of the flower.
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
A few days later, I found several more Catesby’s Trillium to photograph along the Schoolhouse Gap Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This flower was a paler pink than the ones I’d seen along Goforth Creek.
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
This is the best looking white blossom of a Catesby’s Trillium I was able to photograph on the trip.
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
The final pair of Catesby’s Trillium were photographed last week in the Fern Valley section of the National Arboretum in Washington, DC. Since the flowers weren’t hanging down, I originally thought they were another variety of trillium. But then I realized that the flowers were being pushed up from below by the next trillium down the hill. The identifying sign at the Arboretum identified these as Trillium Catesbaei. They gave the flower the common name of Rose Trillium rather than Catesby’s Trillium.
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
As you can probably tell from the numbers of photos of various trillium that I post, trilliums are one of my favorite spring wildflowers.
by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 29, 2009 | Flowers, Liliaceae Family, Wildflowers
I’m just back from a fantastic trip to Tennessee where I spent more than a week photographing the spring wildflowers. The wildflowers are incredible this year. 2009 was the second year in a row that I’ve attended the Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage
Last year, I photographed a couple of different types of trillium – the Sweet White Trillium and the Yellow Trillium. This year, I was able to photograph three additional trilliums – Vasey’s Trillium, Catesby’s Trillium and Sweet Betsy Trillium.
Here are some of my photos of the Vasey’s Trillium. These flowers were photographed along the Ash Hopper Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. These three Vasey’s Trillium were the only ones I saw all week – and believe me I was looking for them.
Vasey’s Trillium (Trillium vaseyi) are easy to identify. They are the trilliums with the red flowers that hang below the leaves.
The blossoms of the Vasey’s Trillium
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Side view of the blossom
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Side view of the Vasey’s Trillium- the leaves on this trillium can grow quite large
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
And finally – a Vasey’s Trillium from above
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
I’ll be posting more wildflower photographs from the Smokies in the next few weeks. I had a wonderful time in TN and took lots (and lots) of photos.
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jan 28, 2009 | Flowers, News
Update – June 10, 2009 – all my flower photographs have moved to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com site.
I’ve just added twelve new flower photos to our Hankins-Lawrence Images website. The new photographs include
Eyeliner Lily
Eyeliner Lily (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Agave Potatorum
Agave Potatorum (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
and Trillum and Blue Phlox
Trillium and Blue Phlox (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
All the new photographs will be available printed on canvas at our shows this spring.
Hope you enjoy taking a look at the new photos.
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by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 30, 2008 | Flowers, Liliaceae Family, Photo Locations, Wildflowers
I spent part of last week photographing wildflowers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It was my first time attending the annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage – it definitely won’t be my last. I spent five days learning about and photographing incredible wildflowers.
I started photographing wildflowers last spring on our trip on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Some of my favorite flowers I photographed last year were the White Trillium (they turn pink as they age), Red Trillium and the Painted Trillium.
This year, I was able to photograph two more types of trillium – yellow trillium and sweet white trillium.
I saw yellow trillium in several areas of the park last week. I hadn’t realized that when the yellow trillium blooms – the petals are narrow and erect – rather than spread out on many other types of trillium.
I photographed this yellow trillium on Porter’s Creek Trail.
Yellow Trillium (c) 2008 Patty Hankins
Frequently, I saw several yellow trillium plants grouped together. This set of five yellow trilliums were photographed on the Chestnut Top Trail.
Five Yellow Trillium (c) 2008 Patty Hankins
The Sweet White Trillium looks very similar to a White WakeRobin or White Erect Trillium. The difference is that the Sweet White Trillium has a purple center – and a very sweet smell. I photographed this Sweet White Trillium along the Cove Hardwood Trail.
Sweet White Trillium (c) 2008 Patty Hankins
I had a great time photographing the wildflowers in the Smokies. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posting more of my wildflower photographs to our blog.
We’ve started printing some of our photographs, including many of my wildflower photos, on canvas and stretching them on stretcher bars. The canvas adds a level of texture and depth to the photos. Some of the flowers are so lifelike on the canvas that it seems as if you can almost pick them. If you’d like to see how they look on canvas, please come see us at one of our shows.
by hankinslawrenceimages | Mar 3, 2008 | News
I’ve just added fourteen new photos to the Hankins-Lawrence Images website.
There are several new flower photos – including several orchids and wildflowers.
Painted Trillium (c) 2008 Patty Hankins
There are also two new photos from Washington, DC of the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument.
Full Moon Over the Washington Monument (c) 2008 William Lawrence
Let us know what you think of the new photos.
