Oenothera speciosa [Pink Lady]: Another Example

[dancingcat]

Frary, S. C. (2022) Oenothera speciosa Nutt. (Onagraceae) Pink Lady. Another example photographed in visible and ultraviolet light. LINK

 

Collected along a roadside in Waxahachie, Texas, 14 April 2022.  Voucher deposit: Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) S. C. Frary [121]

 

Other Common Names:
Showy Evening-Primrose, Mexican Evening-Primrose

 

Comments:  Blooms abundantly in the wild throughout most of Texas and the US Great Plains in spring.  The Texas Department of Transportation seeds it along major highways with Bluebonnets (Lupinus texensis) and the display is spectacular this time of year.  It can be found wild in low ground along roadsides, in vacant lots, in the edges of fields.  Commonly grown in gardens.  It usually opens white, then turns light pink, and then to dark pink as it ages.

 

References:

1. George M. Diggs Jr., Barney L. Lipscomb, Robert J. O'Kennon (1999) Shinners and Mahler's Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas. Oenoethera speciosa, page 866. Published by Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth. Online in PDF format at Illustrated Flora of North Texas Online (accessed 06 April 2022).

2. Blum, A.G. (2021) Oenothera speciosa Nutt. (Onagraceae) Pink Ladies. Flowers photographed in ultraviolet and visible light. https://www.ultravio...sa-pink-ladies/

 

Equipment [Olympus EM1mk2-broadband + Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN MFT].

 

Visible Light [f/16, ISO 200, 2.5”, with KolariVision UV/IR hotcut mirror pro 2 filter, ambient indoor light].

 

Ultraviolet Light [f/16, ISO 200, 25”, with Baader U-filter, KolariVision UV flashlight].

 

[Andy Perrin]

Pretty and sharp!

[colinbm]

These are great, nice colours & sharp.