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By John Trott
The Virginia Naturalist
behind a cloud, then show itself again, Spring Beauty flowers may open and close several times in one day.
Across Goose Creek, Virginia Bluebells were just coming into bloom. From a distance it looked as if a cloud of blue floated just above the ground. Bluebells were also growing outside the fenced picnic area and I could get a good look at this fine wild flower. Rain had stopped. The unopened blooms are pink and turn blue when the trumpet-shaped flowers open.
According to my Entomologist Friend, Nathan Erwin, of the Smithsonian’s Insect Zoo, bumblebees are too large to enter the flower in the normal, acceptable manner. Smart bees. They nibble through the tube and get at the nectar through a back door. I saw no bumblebees; it was too cold for them and rain was not to their liking, I suppose.
Across the road from the picnic enclosure there is a small run, or branch. Elegant Trout, or Faun, Lilies cover the ground on its bank. I found the dappled leaves but the flowers were not open. At other, sunny times I have seen them with their bold yellow petals curled back to give insects access to the sexual parts, stamens and pistol. The irregularly dappled leaves supposedly resemble the spots on a
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