ROBERT SNAP SPOT
Winter and Christmas Cassia
A lunch trip to Cahill’s Market with a stop for the flowers
The Flower Hour – A creekside splash of yellow at Cahill’s
Lunch Brought Me Here
On November 6, 2023, I from Savannah, crossed over the bridge, to Cahill’s Market & Chicken Kitchen on May River Road in Bluffton, South Carolina, for lunch. This place is a working farm, so I always remember to bring my camera and have my iPhone ready for the plants, animals, and whatever vegetables in season.
I found these yellow flowers growing near the creek running through the property. So gorgeous! Well, no matter how good lunch was, it now had some competition!
Look at those long, curved stamens reaching out from the petals, with unopened buds tucked in below.
I had plenty of yellow in the photographs. Now I needed a name.
A Flower with a Holiday Name
Time for handy-dandy Google visual search and my go-to, iNaturalist app’s visual search.
My iNaturalist observation currently lists Christmas senna (Senna pendula), though it still carries “Needs ID,” so I’m keeping that identification tentative.
There is some name confusion here: Senna pendula is often mistaken for Senna bicapsularis, the plant commonly called winter cassia. University of Florida’s “Cassia Confusion” explains the distinction.
I went looking for a flower name and came back with homework. That wasn’t on the lunch menu!
THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES
Flowers with Seasonal Names
A flower with Christmas in its name gets my attention, especially when it turns up wearing yellow. All this talk of Christmas and Thanksgiving has not arrived nor been celebrated yet! Bring me a flower name worth remembering; I may need to add it to my next search.
Tell me, if you will, the best flower name you’ve ever heard
“I travel to eat, but I keep looking for the next floral delight. My camera always orders something on the side.”
— Robert
📍May River Road, Bluffton, South Carolina
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The Flower Hour Joining The Flower Hour #56: Fun with Sunflowers, hosted Tuesdays by Terri at Second Wind Leisure Perspectives. Visit The Flower Hour challenge page to join in with your own floral photographs.
Captured with
iPhone 15 Pro Max
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Robert Snap Spot
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