Alligator Flag Pole Sitters
by Paul Rebmann
Title
Alligator Flag Pole Sitters
Artist
Paul Rebmann
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
An image of a bent alligator-flag flower with two tiny insects on top. Also called fireflag, this photograph was made in the Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in south Florida.
This image has been featured in the following groups:
Florida-Images of the Beautiful Sunshine State
& The World We See Group
This large-leaved plant is widespread in wet places throughout the central and south peninsula, also extending into northeast Florida plus Dixie, Wakulla, Franklin and Gulf Counties. The range includes Alabama, Mississippi, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America.
Flowers of Thalia geniculata hang in pairs on zig-zagging stems, each with three purple petals and three small sepals. The flowering stalks of alligator flag can reach more than 3-1/2 meters (12 ft.) high. The leaf blades can be up to 30 cm (1 ft.) wide and 1 meter (~3 ft.) long and are attached at an angle to the petiole. This is the 'bent' in the common name and the species name, as geniculata means 'with a knee-like bend'. The tips of the leaves often reach from two to three meters (~ 6 to 9 ft.) high.
Florida black bear feed on the leaves and stems of this plant, also called fireflag. This is the only species of the Thalia genus occurring naturally in Florida.
(Subject description from the artist's Wild Florida Photo website www.wildflphoto.com)
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August 1st, 2014
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