{"id":3247,"date":"2010-03-20T20:39:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-21T03:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/?p=3247"},"modified":"2022-01-08T11:27:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T03:27:41","slug":"in-search-of-chocolate-lilies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/in-search-of-chocolate-lilies.html","title":{"rendered":"In Search of Chocolate Lilies"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got out early this morning with Mike<\/a>. We went looking for chocolate lilies<\/a> (Fritillaria biflora<\/a><\/em>) on the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve<\/a>. We got there at sunrise. It was warm and clear. We found a lot of lilies. They were so dark brown I am declaring them to be a new sub-species, or at least a new variety: Super Double-Kahlua Belgian Chocolate Lily, Fritillaria biflora kahluensis belgiatica<\/em>. Lucky for us the lilies were near peak, with some past and some coming into peak now. I spent some time shooting oaks and a big vernal pool panorama<\/a>. I got back home by noon (yay, no ticks).<\/p>\n

\"Chocolate<\/a><\/p>\n

Chocolate lily growing among grasses on oak-covered hillsides. The chocolate lily is a herbaceous perennial monocot that is increasingly difficult to find in the wild due to habitat loss. The flower is a striking brown color akin to the color of chocolate.
\nImage ID: 24366<\/a>
\nSpecies: Chocolate lily<\/a>, Fritillaria biflora<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve<\/a>, Murrieta<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Shooting<\/a><\/p>\n

Shooting stars, a springtime flower, blooming on the Santa Rosa Plateau.
\nImage ID: 24368<\/a>
\nSpecies: Shooting star<\/a>, Dodecatheon clevelandii<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve<\/a>, Murrieta<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Oak<\/a><\/p>\n

Oak tree at sunrise, Santa Rosa Plateau.
\nImage ID: 24382<\/a>
\nLocation: Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve<\/a>, Murrieta<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Chocolate<\/a><\/p>\n

Chocolate lily growing among grasses on oak-covered hillsides. The chocolate lily is a herbaceous perennial monocot that is increasingly difficult to find in the wild due to habitat loss. The flower is a striking brown color akin to the color of chocolate.
\nImage ID: 24369<\/a>
\nSpecies: Chocolate lily<\/a>, Fritillaria biflora<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve<\/a>, Murrieta<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"California<\/a><\/p>\n

California poppies grow on Santa Rosa Plateau in spring.
\nImage ID: 24371<\/a>
\nSpecies: California poppy<\/a>, Eschscholzia californica<\/i><\/a>, Eschscholtzia californica<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve<\/a>, Murrieta<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Vernal<\/a><\/p>\n

Vernal pool, full of water following spring rains, Santa Rosa Plateau.
\nImage ID: 24375<\/a>
\nLocation: Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve<\/a>, Murrieta<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Vernal<\/a><\/p>\n

Vernal pool, full of water following spring rains, Santa Rosa Plateau.
\nImage ID: 24379<\/a>
\nLocation: Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve<\/a>, Murrieta<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Panorama<\/a><\/p>\n

Panorama of a large vernal pool, full of water following spring rains, Santa Rosa Plateau.
\nImage ID: 24381<\/a>
\nLocation: Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve<\/a>, Murrieta<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got out early this morning with Mike. We went looking for chocolate lilies (Fritillaria biflora) on the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve. We got there at sunrise. It was warm and clear. We found a lot of lilies. They were so dark brown I am declaring them to be…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,73,133],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"category-flora","9":"category-wildflowers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}