Strange and Odd

The back forty was loaded with one-flowered cancerroot (Orobanche uniflora) - aka Ghost Pipe - this year. Must've been hundreds of them. Unfortunately, they were in the "path" that I try to keep mowed so the dog and I have an easy way through, and although I let it go for weeks, I finally had to mow the path. In other words, most lost their heads.

Still, last night I found a few still hanging in there - a long blooming season this year. Conditions must be just right.

I love this saprophytic plant, but to avoid redundancy, I won't write about it again. If you want to read about this odd flowering plant, you can jump here and read what I wrote two years ago!

Does this look like Sweet William to you? I sure does to me, and yet it was growing in my "meadow."

There are two stems, each with three flowers. I've never planted Sweet William in the field, although I do have some up by the house. I wonder how in the world it got down here.

Nature is full of mysteries.