Comments on: Wordless Wednesday 8-13-2008

By: Will

Will — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:07:48 +0000

The answer from Al Collinet, a Sierra Club hike leader is that it is Dodder in the Cuscutaceae Family. It is an annual parasitic vine.

A parasitic vine! And I held it in my hands. Yikes!

Interesting as it is orange, not green, and had no leaves at all. A weird specimen to be sure.

By: Will

Will — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:21:42 +0000

This was in Southern Oregon, in the Applegate region. I think it was along the Tin Cup Trail.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:57:02 +0000

Hey Will , very cool, looks like the stuff we have to clean off the Mall's parkade floor after wing and beer night at the Mall's bar,lots and lots of crappy silly string, where did you find it, where you live? Bobs last blog post..Auroras And Mars Dust In 3D

By: Nigel

Nigel — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:29:02 +0000

I think it must be a cross between a moss and a tussock. Very cool. Nigels last blog post..Prince Charles speaks out against GE crops

By: isabella mori

isabella mori — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:35:06 +0000

hey will … great to see what you’re up to with your wordless wendesdays these days!

was hoping that one of your commenters would know what it is but alas …

isabella moris last blog post..bird and shadow on a wordless wednesday

By: Marcia "HDMac" McFarlane

Marcia "HDMac" McFarlane — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:44:11 +0000

That truly is an interesting pic… will be interested in finding out the answer!!!

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:10:54 +0000

hi Will,
It seems that about half of your wordless Wednesday posts have words in the form of a question in them…
I then end up spending several hours on the internet searching for an answer or emailing friends, instead of working (you come up with very interesting pictures and questions).
Anyway, this time I’m not taking the bait! (I have way too much to get done).
So I’ll just say that I don’t know but it sure looks cool. I wish I was on some of your hikes.
I look forward to your next wordless Wednesday!
~ Steve (aka Mr trade show booths)

By: storyteller

storyteller — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:51:54 +0000

I have no idea ... literally, but I do find the photographs interesting. Hugs and blessings, storytellers last blog post..Heads or Tails #19 - Supply ...

By: TwoBarkingDogs

TwoBarkingDogs — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:08:18 +0000

Cosmic Silly String? Whatever it is, its interesting! TwoBarkingDogss last blog post..Wordless Wednesday, or “Cosmo Cosmo”

By: Lareine

Lareine — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:15:31 +0000

it must be wonderful to see this color coating the hillside… it’s summer and yet it already looks autumn … i wonder how it would appear in spetember?:)… maybe it’s a kind of moss or weeds with too much orange pigments — like those found in corals…

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