Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea) attracts many pollinators. This one, a Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia).
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Butterfly
Category: Echinacea
Fibonacci Sequence
A Confusing Bumblebee (Bombus perplexus) wanders on an Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea) collecting pollen. In my wild imagination though, I am thinking it is examining the Fabinacci spiral arrangement of those cone florets. Surely it is that smart.
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Purple Coneflower
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). Native to central to southeastern United States. Pollinators love the flowers. Leave the seedheads over the winter for Goldfinches who will gather for a snack of seeds. And then for the math/nature nut there is the Fibonacci spiral of the disk florets that become those seeds.
Echinacea
What a weekend. It’s been quite dry but I know to be careful what I wish for. Friday evening brought a storm with high winds, lightning and thunder happening nearly at the same time, and the rain. A decent amount of rain but it came down in just 10 or 15 minutes. Much too quickly. And a tree came down across the road. An important Spanish class and unable to get there. No power for 6 hours. Thank goodness for generators. Another storm came through on Saturday. A bit more rain. Wind, but it was gentle compared to Friday’s. Lightning and thunder that was gentle too, if that is possible. Just a tiny bit of rain today, Sunday, leaving me with Echinacea, or the common name of Purple Coneflower, sprinkled in rain drops. Look very closely, don’t miss the little details, rain drops and beauty.