Took a walk at the end of the valley yesterday. Literally fields of sego lilies and orange mallow. Here's a cluster of Segos. And the best news. I got seeds. Will try propogating them in my yard next to some orange mallow that already volunteered out there.
Here's a shot showing the long view.
Last one, Closeup.
If you have any extra seeds please let me know.
Sorry I only got a dozen, the rest blew away in the wind. If I find more I'll let you know. I'm going back out for more pics if the wind ever stops blowing. Should see more seed pods as they finish blooming. This guy was eaarly to seed. The minute I touched it, they shattered into the wind.
How absolutely lovely, esp. the long view!
Went back out three days later and the cows that are open ranging out there while they wait for the mountains to open up had EATEN every one in that whole mile stretch. We found a few in bloom at the far hills end, but no seeds. Sorry
COWS!!! you can't trust them - they will eat anything!
lol, and I speak from long experience.
Those are lovely, at least you got to see and photo them before the blessed beasts got to them.
They are sooo lovely,Blooms, even the seed pods! I'm glad you got some seeds. I was helping my 4th grader with her Utah history and read that "you can't find sego lilies in any plant nurseries because they are endagered, and no one is allowed to remove the plants or the seeds from the wild." The darn book should have included "but it is perfectly alright for cows to eat them into extinction!" LOL
I really hope your seeds grow for you, and if I ever run across any sego lily seed pods I'm going to nab the seeds before any cows do!
Claire
Oh, wow, i had no idea the seeds were included in the don't list. I guess I never followed the don't dig 'em up to it's obvious conclusion.
Well let's see, there's that ''in front of the highway destruction rule'' where you're allowed to collect before the bulldozers come in??? consider the cows bulldozers - at least one musta been a bull/steer. I never looked.
I wonder do they need the soil around them to be thus and so?? The lilys I mean I already stuck 'em in next to my globemallow which volunteers all over the place. and to tell the truth I think that's an odd seed pod for the flower to produce. Except for the triplex of both petal and pod.
A usual there was little in the way of leaf to indicate anything specific as to ownership.
I think I would consider bulls or even cows bulldozers, but then again I could see my face on the 10 o'clock news for "desecrating endangered wildlife."
Hopefully they don't need the exact soil you found them in to grow. Maybe they'll flourish like your globemallow. And I agree that it's a strange looking pod for the flower. I would have thought the pod to be daintier, but I still think the pods are striking. Oh, were you wondering if they really are sego seed pods? If so, I remember seeing an illustration of the sego lily flower and seed pods. I'm pretty sure you've got the right thing, but be sure to let me know if I was wrong!
I just keep thinking what a beautiful arrangement the pods and flowers together in a vase would make. I'm going to have to find some sego lily pods with "bull"dozers nearby so I can grow a lovely patch of my own! If these grow for you I would gladly pay you for seeds, so keep me in mind!
Claire
This is only the second picture I have ever seen of the Sego lily. What a beauty!
Are they found outside of Utah? Do you mean that no one is able to grow these in their gardens? And even seeds can't be purchased anywhere?
I would think that organizations would want to offer seeds to help protect the lily's survival.
They are just breathtaking! Thanks for the pictures.
Jean
I don't know the Segos range, but two different sites refer to the fact that 'in other states [than Utah] the Sego Lily is called the Mariposa Lily'. ... I'd always thought the pink ones were M's and the white ones were Segos - nope all the same.
I'd opine that the states where it is found are in the Great Basin area - mostly plants have no respect for borders on paper. It's a soil, water, temp thing.
Funny thing, no mention of whether they're annuals from seed or perennials from bulbs [the part that saved some Mormons lives]
I was at Girl Scout Day Camp today with my daughter and found out that they have bulbs. Didn't know that until now, although I had heard that the Indians and Mormon pioneers had eaten them. I thought they just ate the flowers. So, I wonder if after the cows mow them down do they sprout again?? And in the same year?
Claire
Hi BloomsWAV!
I've just started an entry for Calochortus nuttalli in the PDB:
http://plantsdatabase.com/go/68153/index.html
Could you please post your beautiful pics there?
Thanks!!
;)
Blooms, just wondering if you sowed your seeds and if any sprouted??
Good question, Claire, I'm waiting for fall seeding as they won't sprout til next spring anyway.
Should've thought of that!
