Arrived back in New Zealand last week after escaping our winter and enjoying a summer in the States . Actually , when I arrived in Oregon in early June it was hard to tell the difference as I was greeted by cool , cloudy and often rainy days . My first foray into the Siskiyous was almost entirely in the rain but the sun came out a month later for my second visit .
My trusty camera had a meltdown on day 1 . I hadn't budgeted on replacing a camera so I bought the best Walmart had to offer . I could not afford to go to a real camera shop .
Most of my time was spent in WA , OR , WY and CO . I managed to collect some seed for both the NARGS and the SCRGC seed exchanges and will post pictures later of plants that I collected from but am unusure of the names . Speaking of which , I still have a lot to learn about the US flora . So , please , if you see errors in the following posts , please let me know .
Will post 30-40 pictures and spare you all from the other 700 . Unless , of course , you need to drift of to sleep . Then I could do a few more
Chinook Pass WA 21 June
Pulsatilla occidentalis
Trillium ovatum
Trillium ovatum ( faded ) and Achlys triphylla
Achlys triphylla
Lewisia tweedyi
Erythronium grandiflorum
Fritillaria pudica ( I think )
Iris sp . Roadside near Ellensburg Pass WA
