{"id":460,"date":"2011-02-21T14:55:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T22:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.wordpress.com\/?p=460"},"modified":"2011-02-21T14:55:56","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T22:55:56","slug":"fetid-adders-tongue-a-soothsayer-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/21\/fetid-adders-tongue-a-soothsayer-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetid Adder\u2019s Tongue: a soothsayer of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/23a-fetidadder1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-465\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/23a-fetidadder1.jpg?resize=266%2C504\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"504\" \/><\/a>My little family and I have a bit of property just east of the Pacific Ocean nestled in the mighty Redwoods outside of the tiny hamlet of Cazadero.\u00a0 There are many wonders to be found there.\u00a0 The Redwoods, of course, the damp cool air that feels thicker and cooler and more soothing than regular air, and the Fetid Adder\u2019s Tongue!\u00a0 What! You say can this be?\u00a0 Well, I\u2019ll tell you, it is a lovely tiny flower of the lily family.\u00a0 Its growing region is very small, as it likes to nestle among the moist shade of our dwindling redwood forests.\u00a0 Fetid Adder\u2019s Tongue can be found from the Santa Cruz Mountains to the south, up to Humboldt county to the north.\u00a0 I can\u2019t describe it better than Mary Elizabeth Parsons did in <em><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">The Wild Flowers of California<\/span><\/em>, from1897: &#8220;When the flowers first open they stand erect, held in the shining chalice formed by the two sheathing green leaves. Later the leaves open out, showing their beautiful blotched surfaces, and the three-angled flower-stems become limp and twisted as a snake.\u201d But why the fetid you ask?\u00a0 Well the flower gives off a strange odor, but the flower is so tiny and one would have to be so close that the smell is not a significant part of the experience.\u00a0 The petite flower, in fact, it is hard to see at first.\u00a0 It rises delicately above its large mottled leaves and you have to soften your eyes and stop looking to see them (not unlike looking for mushrooms see post from Dec.10, \u201cMystery abounds\u201d).\u00a0 I know that some of you readings are astounded that I am speaking of harbingers of spring.\u00a0 We in the far west had a bit of a heat wave that discombobulated all the plants into flowering early, and now the winter rains have returned, as they should, leaving us with both feelings of relief and dismay while reaching for our sweaters.\u00a0 But never fear spring has spoken through the lips of the Adder\u2019s Tongue, announcing the splendid array to come (take that Puxsutany Phil!).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marin.edu\/cnps\/scoliopusbigelovii.html\">http:\/\/www.marin.edu\/cnps\/scoliopusbigelovii.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My little family and I have a bit of property just east of the Pacific Ocean nestled in the mighty Redwoods outside of the tiny hamlet of Cazadero.\u00a0 There are many wonders to be found there.\u00a0 The Redwoods, of course, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[88,90],"tags":[343,625,632,648,713],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration","category-mandala","tag-fetid-adder-tongue","tag-puxsutany-phil","tag-rain","tag-redwoods","tag-spring"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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